2. PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS
Throughout scenes 1, 4, 7, 9 and 11.
The location which is being used throughout the performance scenes is
either the school hall stage or the theatre stage. The stage helps to
indicate the idea of a live performance, which is reoccurring throughout
American rock music videos. Rather than having several locations
throughout the performance shots (i.e. a stage, in front of a backdrop, a
room which is designed to identify the band) I have decided to just use
the stage as it will create continuity and therefore it is less likely to cause
confusion to the audience. The stage is used throughout many American
rock music videos which I have researched and therefore helps the
audience, along with mes-en-scene, to identify the band as American
rock.
3. NARRATIVE LOCATIONS
Scene 2
Throughout the narrative shots there are several locations
which all help to tell a story to the audience. The first
location which is used in the narrative shots is the external
and internal of a café- this is where the man and woman
within the music video meet. This café is quite a public area
and therefore he does not make any irrational decisions due
to the humiliation and embarrassment he may cause upon
himself- therefore his actions tend to be very discrete (i.e.
peering over the top of a newspaper).
4. NARRATIVE LOCATIONS
Scene 3
This is located outside, where there is a wall to
create a divide between the man and the woman.
This portrays the idea of the wall being a ‘barrier’
between the man getting the woman- which
could also refer to the idea of lacking in
confidence and therefore the wall is his safety and
his comfortability.
5. NARRATIVE LOCATIONS
Scene 5
The location of this scene would be the external and internal
of a shop. The shop is used as the man goes to buy a
something for the woman- as a present, but for her to wear to
go out to eat. The external shots include an establishing shot
of the outside of the shop to show the audience what it is the
man is going into. It also includes the shot of the man coming
out of the shop with some item of clothing in a bag. The
internal involves the man looking at several pieces of clothing
before deciding which one he thinks the woman would like.
6. NARRATIVE LOCATIONS
Scene 6 and 8
This scene is shot at the house- in the bedroom. This is where the man
has put the dress- wrapped in the style of a present. The woman then
finds the presents and opens it, however, although the man thought
she would like it- she doesn’t. The woman dresses in girly clothing- but
underlying is the person she really wants to be- which is this rock chick.
Scene 8 is located in the same place, however, the narrative involves the
woman cutting the dress up- portraying to the audience the idea that
she does not like it and therefore making the audience feel as though
there is something wrong – something she is hiding.
7. NARRATIVE LOCATIONS
Scene 10
This section is located in the same place as scenes 6 and 8, the bedroom. However,
during scene 10 the setting changes as we go from a shot of the bedroom- moving to
the woman standing at the bottom of the stairs. It is two separate shots, however, it is
made to look like one continuous shot. Also within this section we identify that the
woman is acting a bit unusual as she is shouting the lyrics ‘I wanna feel like this for the
rest of my life’ at the man. This relating to the idea that she no longer wants to
pretend she is this girly girl, but instead wants to live as the rock chick that she secretly
is.
8. NARRATIVE LOCATIONS
Scene 12
This scene goes back to the bedroom, used in previous shots. This is
where the woman gets ready- however, not like we have seen her
before. Her make-up is made to look more ‘rock-like’ as well as her
choice of clothing. This scene only includes snippets of the girl as she
is getting ready- i.e. close-up of bandana, close-up of eye to enhance
the idea of ‘rock’ through the use of dark eye make-up. This all then
concludes with a shot of the women, once ready, showing her ‘rock’
side. The audience will then understand why the woman was acting so
strange in previous scenes.
