Thursday 14 November 2013

(P) Initial Ideas #3

Artist - Lana Del Ray
Song - Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais remix)
Setting - Clumber Park
Character(s) - Becky Hughes
Costume(s) - Red dress, high heels, denim shorts, baggy t-shirt, girly, frilly socks
Make-up - Red lipstick, smokey eyes, black nail varnish
Hair - Back combed, long, wavy
Accessories - Nose ring, small necklace?

A basic plan of Becky's costume
There will be two sides to Becky - her 'dark side' (where she wears the dark make up and red dress) and her 'light side' (where she wears the white top and shorts). The dark side will be shot at night/nearing night, whereas the light, innocent side will be shot during the day and will be showing Becky at happier times. Levi-Strauss' Binary Opposites theory could be applied here, as in order to understand one side of Becky's image, the audience will have to understand the other as well.

Shot ideas -
Night -
  1. Walk along road with heels in hand
  2. Walking past chapel - long, extra long and medium shot
  3. Walking through woods - long and medium shot
  4. Close up of Becky on the bridge, just stood staring
  5. Stood in field with trees behind her - twirl around, dance, etc. - long, medium and close up shot
  6. Sprawled out along front seats of car - camera through open driver window
  7. Close up of Becky pouting and blowing a kiss
Day (will be shot in the style of a home video) -

  1. Feeding the ducks - long shot and close up
  2. Pretending to push camera away - smiles shyly
  3. Riding a bike through the woods
  4. Running away whilst looking behind her
  5. Sat on the grass beside the lake
  6. Playing with hair, smiling cutely
  7. Twirling round, smiling
Effects/Overlays/Cuts, etc. -

  1. Water splash
  2. Pan of chapel
  3. Pan of woods
  4. Telephone wires
  5. Bokeh effect
  6. Sparkler - spell out a word relevant to the song, maybe 'sad' or a sad face, or 'summer' (this would be a long exposure effect)

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