Technical Codes

In our music video we used lighting to connote emotions and mood. In the studio performance part of the video, we used bright professional lighting to emphasise the angel and her purity. It also gave a shadow effect adding to the eary nature of the overall theme. In the scene in the bedroom at first we used naturalistic lighting however because of the lack of professional equipment we decided that the black and white overlay to help represent the miserable tone, we also used a Vinete effect which gave a dazed effect to show her confused emotion, it also softened the frame making it look more visually attractive. In the scene where she runs through the part we used completely naturalistic lighting as the night-time helped show her lost emotions and venerability. We also thought it helped show the angel purity as she stood out in bright white in darkness.

The last scene at Salford Quays was in juxtaposing with the rest of the dark effect of the video, it was naturalistic lighting however the cold winter sun hep emphasise the two characters facial expression and also helped the location look more effective as the sunbeam against the metallic buildings look more cold and distant connotations of the male character.

In the opening scene of our music video, in the studio, we used three different cameras to get a variety of shots. We decided upon two different close ups, from different angles and a long shot to show the full costume of the angel. We faded between all three shots throughout the chorus, helping it to look more interesting and capturing the facial expressions at moments of the song or hand gesture adding to the intensity of the song. Inbetween the chorus inserts of the scene that is about to take place cut in; these are over the shoulder shots of the male and female characters. This was to show the facial expressions of both characters so the audience understand their roles. It also shows a conversation takes place.

We opened the domestic scene with an establishing shot/ two shot showing all three characters, this first displays to the audience that the angel is a symbolic presence in the scene. As the male towers over the female we cut to an insert of a fist, this is to add the tension and show his aggression.

Although in the music video we don’t have continuity editing, we wanted some sort of transition fade or effect to keep the storyline. Inbetween the scene, for instance, the bedroom and the scene running through the car park a bright white flash is used as a transition. This is effective because it happens just as violence would take place and it fits in with the lighting of the car park.

We used cut a ways to build the tension, in one scene we cut away to a extreme close up of a fist helping the editing become more fast paced fitting the song . in our editing process we wanted to make the video more interesting and more conventional to a music video therefore we added sow motion and speed up, we did this to add a more dramatic effect and to symbolize the emotions in our music video. In the domestic scene in our video we used a reverse motion when she is thrown as it cuts better to the beat this way and is more visual.