Mise-en-scene

In this blog I will be discussing the choices we have made regarding the mise-en-scene of our video. The term mise-en-scene is a french term which basically means everything that goes into a shot that can be seen by the viewer. We have ideas on all aspects of the mise-en-scene, which we wish to use in our video. In terms of the setting, we feel due to a lonely dark theme of the song, we will select a setting of a local town in the early hours of the morning where no-one will be around to reflect the theme of loneliness. The aspect of the clothing our main protagonist will be wearing needs to demonstrate that the character has been out all night and using drugs, this also means we will need to use make-up to darken the eyes and make the skin pale. Important props we will need to use is the mobile phone, which helps to start the video using an extreme close-up of a text message from a relative, additionally there is not many props we will need to use, as the video doesn't contain any other characters. Furthermore we have an idea to use a bottle of vodka to reflect that he has been drinking.

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All of the mise-en-scene elements we have selected contribute to the videos themes of drug use, loneliness and depression. It strongly reflects the genre of rap, as rap videos are always very powerful and true to the lyrics that the song possesses. All of the streets previous videos, such as dry your eyes, follow a simple theme, therefore we know that the video will be welcomed by streets fans as it similar to videos they have already seen. To gain some ideas for our mise en scene, we used a recce. A recce is a starting base for a project and involves visiting potential locations for filming. Below are some images that constructed our recce and are the locations we will be filming in.