Topic Key terms / questions How will you include these features?

Goodwin How will your video demonstrate genre characteristics? Key terms: Sub-genre, hybridity, codes To conform to the Indie Pop genre, our video will include a combination of performance
and convention, generic conventions, subversion, intertextuality, iconography, graphics, mode of and a simple narrative that works to illustrate the lyrics.
address, colour, symbolism, costume, mise-en-scene.
How will you show the relationship between lyrics and your visuals? Illustration, amplification, We will illustrate our lyrics, which explore the loneliness felt after a relationship ends, by
disjuncture exploring the broken couples lives now that they are no longer together.
How will your show the relationship between music and visuals? Think about the work weve done As the song reaches its climax, the pace of the edit will increase and the camerawork will
on dynamics. switch to being handheld to reflect the erratic energy of the music.
(How) will you include close ups of the artist? How will you develop motifs? Close ups are a convention of the Indie Pop genre so we will include several as our artist
performs their song.
(How) will you make reference to the notion of looking / voyeurism? E.g. screens within screens. Our protagonists, stare at their reflections in mirrors as they try to understand how
theyre going to move on with their lives.
Which intertextual references are you going to make? How are you going to refer to another The opening of our music video is a reference to several teen films including Hairspray,
media text? suggesting that the theme of heartbreak in our video is common among teenagers.
Narrative How / which narrative techniques are you planning to use? We plan to use a parallel narrative to explore how both people from the relationship are
copying with their heartbreak. As well as this, we are going to feature a climax after our
characters see each other again and end up arguing which results in our female
protagonist letting out her frustrations through having an outburst.
Levi Strauss (How) will you use binary oppositions? I dont think binary opposites would be appropriate for our video, as while our narrative
explores heartbreak, it doesnt include antagonism.
Todorov (How) will you use equilibrium / disequilibrium? The protagonists will have reached a new equilibrium after the breakup which is then
disrupted when they see one another again.
Representation What macro issues will be represented in your music video? Consider: gender, age, ethnicity, Gender and age will be discussed in our video as we explore how both male and female
sexuality, class, status, physical ability / disability, regional identity, issues / events. teenagers deal with heartbreak.
How will you create those representations? Consider: camerawork: angle, shot type, movement; The use of a split screen in which the shots are mirror, will present both genders as
composition; mise-en-scene, editing, sound. equals, as will the fact that the edit follows both of them.
If your video features a performance, how will you construct the artist? We will portray our artist as a broken man searching for an end to his isolation, therefore
What ideologies are you trying to promote / critique in your music video. emphasising the emotions felt in the lyrics and making them more impactful. This will
make him appear more genuine as it shows that theres real feeling behind his words.
Technical How will you show off your technical skills? We will use three point lighting to ensure that our shorts are well lit, while making it
codes Lighting quite hard, reflecting the harsh realities of life that cant be hidden or shied away from.
Three point lighting, chiaroscuro, soft light, hard light, rim light, backlight, low key lighting, high In terms of shots, well use close ups throughout the video to emphasise our characters
key lighting, fill light, key light, non-diegetic light, diegetic light changing emotions as well as mirrored shots in a split screen to portray how both of our
Camerawork protagonists are going through the same problems. The camera will be handheld during
Camera angles: low / high angle, eye level, POV shot, canted angle / Dutch shot, birds eye / the climax of our video to reflect both the energy of the music as well as the erratic
overhead shot emotions of our protagonist. The beginning of our video will feature a split screen to
Camera shots: extreme close up, close up, medium shot, long shot, over the shoulder. explore a parallel narrative, but ultimately, our female protagonist will dominate the
Camera movement: tracking, panning, tilting, zooming, handheld, Steadicam, crane shots screen time as she is the one who struggles the most with her heartbreak.
Editing
Cross cutting, cross dissolve, cut in, cut away, fade, jump cut, non-diegetic insert, match on action,
montage, parallel editing, shot reverse shot, wipe, 180 degree rule, the 30-degree rule,
domination of screen time.
Composition
Avoid the middle, leading lines, use diagonals, depth of field, rule of thirds, rule of odds, make the
shot balanced, viewpoint, focus pulling.