This document discusses four potential locations for a music video about a couple's relationship: 1. The bench - Located in Eaton Marshes, it provides a private location for the couple to meet and bond, and later for one to return alone when the relationship ends. 2. The field - Next to the bench, it is an open, calm location suitable to depict the happy, carefree early stages of the relationship. 3. The forest - Mentioned in the song lyrics, it provides a closed, lost feeling to represent the relationship drifting apart later on. 4. The river - Also near the other locations, its unpredictable nature is a metaphor for how a relationship can change quickly from

1. Location
Ideas

2. The Bench
The bench is an important feature to our video as we are using a circular narrative,
meaning we begin and end here. This particular bench is located in the Eaton
Marshes, where it is a rather quiet, we thought this was good as it provided a nice
private location for our couple to meet, start a relationship and eventually grow
apart while remaining a memorable location.
This privacy the bench provides could be a nice place for the couple to get to know
each other together, just the two of them, however the privacy presents a sense of
loneliness. This is shown at the end when one returns to the bench alone when the
relationship has ended.

3. Forrest Gump
It inspired us to use a bench as the starting point of our video
as it is a generic location of the folk / alternative genre; it is
quite a warm image, conjuring up images of being with
friends, while also creating lonely connotations when empty.
Also, benches are often found in parks or areas with lots of
wildlife, in keeping with the natural imagery throughout our
track Gather and Run.
Forrest Gump (1994) is a film which features an iconic use of a bench,
using it as a way to position the protagonist as he sits and narrates
his story. The famous opening scene - where Forrest announces that
“life is like a box of chocolates“ - features a slow pan, almost like the
audience is listening in on an private conversation.
This is an effect we want to achieve when we shoot our music
video, as we want to show that the first meeting of our couple
is an intimate occasion; the pan-in also brings the introduces
the characters, as the nearer the pan, the more detail is
revealed to the audience. The image of a bench is seen on
numerous folk / indie artists album artwork.
Above was written by Meg (member of my group).

4. Field
Our next location is a field located next to the bench we
are using. This location is very open and calm (again in
the quiet, private location of the bench), because of
this we wanted to use it at the start of their relationship
as it is calm and happy to begin with. The openness
gives off a sense of relaxation and a comfortable
atmosphere, this is what we want to achieve and
present the couple to be feeling about one another.
Fields are often associated with locations
where children and people are seen running,
playing, and having fun. In this stage of their
relationship they are rather playful and
carefree, so we thought this would indeed be
suitable location.

5. Forest
The forest is another location my group and I chose
to be featured in our video. This idea first came to
mind when Natasha said in her lyrics ‘to the forest
we will gather and run’.
Goodwin’s theory states that there should be a link
between video visuals and lyrics; due to this we
thought it would be a good idea to shoot some of it
in a forest, not to mention it is an easily assessable
location.
Forests also have a very ‘closed’ feel to them, making
one feel lost or trapped. This is why we choice this
location to be used later on in the video as it is when
the couple begin to drift apart.

6. River
The river we use is located in the Eaton Marshes, close to our other
locations meaning that it helps to save time and is easily accessed.
Rivers are very unpredictable; they can be calm and slow, fast and
violent and burst their banks. This is just like how a relationship is,
you never know what will happen next. This is why the river is near
the end of our video as what seems to have been a calm, happy
relationship and quickly morphed into a rocky one where the couple
end up separating.