Intro to New Project

As we begin to wrap up our old project, we are being introduced to our new project. My group and I have learned a lot since we started our old project. Some being camera angels, shots, and how to edit. Now with our new project, we will have a much better idea of how our project will be. Our new project will be a music video. For this project, it will just be Mariapaula and I, as Macy decided to do her own project. To begin, we must choose a song to make our music video on. After spending a while to look for a song, we finally came to the decision that we will make our music video on “I’m Not The Only One” by Sam Smith. This song was finally chosen because the vibe from the song fit exactly what we were looking for. Now, my partner and I will begin to work out what exactly we want our music video to be.

Previously, we went through many different genres and songs for our project. Originally, Macy was still in our group and all three of us could not come to an afterAfter picking our song, we looked at the music video made by Sam Smith. His music video of the song is about a couple and has a romantic theme. We looked at a few other unofficial music videos and they all had just about the same vibe. It is a slow pop song with a depressing theme. It talks about someone's lover who figured out that they are being cheated on. In the music video, it is a wife who is having a mental breakdown while it flashes to her husband having an affair with a woman. There are variety of shots and angles, for example, hand-held shots, low, and eye-level angles. The sound at the beginning of the video is of dialogue between the couple before the guy leaves the house. Background noise is also added, birds chirping, rustling leaves from the wind, and a car engine. Scenes that have been edited were probably to fix lighting, besides that, there are no transitions, only cutting to different scenes that are happening at the same time. Mis en scene for this video is very simple for a broken love story:

1.) The actors in the music video are wearing nice, formal clothing. The wife is dressed with a white long beautiful dress, similar to wedding dress. Husband is wearing a tuxedo.

2.) Natural lighting is in most of the video. There are also studio lights from a high angle for when the artist is on stage performing the song. Blue and dark lighting establishes the setting of a club/bar.

3.) There are more than 2 actors in the music video. There is the original couple and the mistress that the husband is cheating with. The artist is seen as the entertainer in the club/bar, singing the song.

4.) When there are clips of the wife, she is seen crying, meaning her mascara is streaming down her face. However, both women are wearing makeup that you wear when you’re going out. (Glam/casual)

5.) Props in the video are things such as alcoholic drinks, a cigarette, and bottles of lighter fluid to light a fire. 

6.) There are multiple settings found in the video. It starts at the house of the couple, and it switches to the bar, and the bathroom in the bar/club. The wife is even seen going to a local convenience store.