The document outlines the props and scenes planned for a music video, focusing on themes of love within the R&B genre. Key elements include the use of a bathroom mirror, hair and makeup kits, and romantic props like chocolates and flowers, all implying minimal costs. Additionally, scenes will incorporate elements like a romantic comedy film on the sofa and a necessity for a photo frame, with safety precautions in place for using sparklers to enhance the visual appeal.

1. PROPS
Nikki J – The Way You Do
A mirror will beused when our
artistis back athome as we see
her natural beauty away from
the make-up that is usually
associated with the genre. A
bathroom mirror likethis is
already present at our location
so there will beno cost for this.
The use of the mirror also
provides us with a chance to
use a frame within a frame
shot, an important media
technique.
Hair and make-
up are a key part
of the genre and
will bea partof
our music video.
A kitsimilarto
this will be
present on the
bathroom table.
We already have
a hair and make-
up kit so we are
not hopingto
spend any
further money
on this.
Chocolates and Flowers will be
given to the artistby her love
interest when he enters her
house. Chocolates and Flowers
have always been a symbol of
love and are often exchanged
on Valentine’s Day. We will also
have a scene where our artist
puts the flowers into a vase.
Even if this is cliché,we feel it
does help express the love
element to the songand the
video. We arehoping to spend
around £5 on these items
overall.
Duringone scene, our
characters we will beon the
sofa whilewatchinga Romantic
Comedy film.This again helps
express the theme of love in
the music video and gives us a
chanceto show off the
characters jewellery etc… to
keep in linewith the R&B
genre. There will beno costfor
the use of this,my family have
many rom-com films and you
can also easily sourceonefrom
places such as Sky Movies,
Film4 etc…
Several scenes in our music
video will involveour
characters to be relaxingon a
sofa.The TV is also another
vital prop.Modern day life
often sees couples lyingon a
sofa whilewatchingTV. This
will also giveus a chanceto
further express the love
element of the video with the
use of a romantic comedy such
as Love Actually,Notting Hill
etc…
Jewellery is a bigpartof R&B
music videos so itis therefore
vital to includeitin our music
video. Both women and men
wear jewellery in these music
videos so we will haveto cater
for all genders.We will ask the
actors themselves to bringsome
of their jewellery alongand see
if it looks likesomethingwe
could use in our video.
There is one scene in our music video
which involves the artistlookingata photo
of her and her partner. Therefore we will
need to sourcea photo frame before we
filmour video. We will look to purchasea
cheap photo frame and print a photo of
the couple strandingtogether to place
insidethe photo frame. We will probably
spend around £4 – 6 on this item.
There will be one scene in our
music video that involves the use
of sparklers.The sparklerswill be
used to add a unique form of
aesthetic appeal when the lovers
are dancing.We understand that
the sparklers arehighly dangerous
and we will makesure precautions
are in placebefore use. It will be
hard to sourcethe sparklers atany
time of the year, so in the run up
to BonfireNight, I have already
purchased two packs of medium
sparklers at50p each.