Final Location Decisions

We eventually came to the final decision that our video would be set in two separate locations - the woods and along a road. However, these two settings were made up from a number of real-life locations, as each location had certain features which we wished to include within our music video.

We explored several different woods in which to film our video, choosing to film parts of it in three separate woods around the local area - this use of multiple locations for one setting was made possible by the video being filmed in darkness, which means that it is incredibly hard for the audience to distinguish the different filming locations from one another. Below are pictures of the final woods which we chose to film parts of our video in.

Below are some images showing the destinations that we used in our final production:

• Great Waltham/Howe Street

We chose this destination as it gave us the best of both worlds. We had a road that we could use to film the beginning and end of our music video in the scene where we see Tom getting out of the car. We could also then use the wooded area to film the rest of our music video, which overall meant we could get a range of locations from one area. Finally, it was also local to the majority of the group which made it ideal, especially when we needed to film urgently to ensure that we got plenty of footage.

• Mill Lane, Chelmsford

This was our next location, it is used to film some of the road location to. This was our back up location to the first destination encase the first destination was to busy and did not allow for us to use the road. We used this destination to good effect, as can be seen in the images below showing this location being used in our music video.

By Calum Tween and George Martin

Final Costume Decisions

We decided on our final costumes in order to reflect the personalities of our two characters - the blonde haired character is wearing a white t-shirt in order to connote that he represents lightness and morality, as opposed to the brown haired character who is wearing all-black in order to present him as sinister. In addition to this, the gloves being worn by the character dressed in black connote that he is undertaking some mischievous business, as these style of glove are usually associated with biker gangs.

We have continued the theme of pyjamas for our main protagonist because it shows that he is completely out of place in his environment. Pyjamas also connect with the idea that he is waking up and is in a recurring dream.

The white t-shirt connotes innocence whilst the pyjama bottoms pay homage to Donnie Darko, an inspiration for our main characters costume.

For our secondary character, the antagonist, the outfit will consist much more of black attire. This is because he is 'evil' and is out to get our protagonist. Everything is going to be black, so our decision is to have a black t-shirt, black leather jacket and black jeans. An important part of the outfit is the black gloves to make the whole outfit more sinister.

This is a close example of what we want our antagonist to look like but with a black t-shirt. The black t-shirt will be worn underneath the leather jacket to complete the outfit.

These outfits are embodiments of the light and dark characters and the colours which represent them. This also makes the narrative clearer and shows character construction.

By Jack Jolly