The document discusses location scouting for a music video project. It describes several potential locations that were considered, including where to place the actress to portray her as homeless, where the male actor/singer could be placed holding a guitar, and a darkened walkway. The locations aim to establish genre, tell the story visually through mise-en-scene, and follow conventions of the original song being covered. Additional shooting will be needed to improve lighting at some locations.

1. Location Research.
As a group we began to take and have an idea of what
locations we needed within the video.
After discussing these factors the “location shot” was taken
into place. These are the thumbnails from the first shoot, not
all of these were correct and lighting needs to be altered. So
an additional shoot will be taken into place.

3. Analysing.
This will be the opening shot to the video, this establishing shot is being
used to portray to the audience the meaning of the genre. Placed in front
of the building will be the actress in the video, the Mise En Scene will
explain the story and show she is homeless and almost wanting to be in
the house she has picked to place herself in front of.
This is where the
actress will be placed,
sleeping on a wall in a
sleeping bag. This has
been influenced by the
original video “A team”
as the message we are
trying to portray to the
audience is that the girl
is not wealthy.

4. Mis en scene of this shot is very
important and straight away gives an
indication to the audience that the girl
is homeless. The blanket/ sleeping
bag along with the hoody she is
wearing will also be included in our
video.
This is the beginning shot we are
going to use. It is different from the
picture above and the main factor of
this is the colour scheme, when
producing our music video it will be
black and white similar to the picture
above.

5. Where the
actress will
mainly perform.
This shot wanted to look like we were based in a park/ large open area. This is
purely down to the original video of “A Team” and these are the conventions I will be
following.
After the establishing shot at the beginning this shot will follow with an older actress
acting almost child like in her mannerisms which reflect on the original video by Ed
Sheeran.

6. Again the black
and white colour
scheme will
carry on
throughout.

7. Mise en Scene –
Guitar will be placed in
his hands.
This location has been chosen for our male actor/ singer to be placed
as it carried the theme of the video throughout. We have placed him
here as the background reflects on the Indie theme we have chosen to
base the video around. This long shot flicks back and forwards to the
narrative of our female actress.

8. Another location we are going to be using is in the centre of town,
this is to produce this tracking close up shot which will then be
followed by our male actor singing the original “A team” song.
We can also see the actress in this shot still carrying the sleeping
bag we witnessed in the first section of the video, I feel this shows
to the audience she is of a low class and portraying she is still
wearing the same items of clothing.

9. This darkened walkway has specifically been chosen to be give a
negative feel, when this has been edited into black and white it will
really fulfil the conventions of the music video we have aimed to
do.
Here we want to include the young actress begging, in the video
she has been placed in a central area but we feel this will add
even more effect and reflect on the Indie theme.