Narrative 1 ('Emily's Family Party)
Camera Shot Ideas
Over The Shoulder Shot - One idea that we had was to have an over the shoulder shot. This will be over 'Emily's' shoulder but looking slightly upwards towards a member of the family. This is to show that when she is at her family party she isn't in control. We will do this to show that she is not in power because she isn't where she wants to be and isn't having fun, and she is where her family wants her to be despite what she wants.
Reaction Shot - This will be a reaction of 'Emily' when she receives her gifts or the cake comes out. This is because as the lyrics suggest, 'Emily' believes that she is too old to be having a party that includes things such as birthday cake and small gifts, so the reaction shot will portray and link between the lyrics and visual of the music video. The reaction shot could show her emotion so could either show her looking upset, or looking slightly angry.
Two Shot - Two shots are often used to show a relationship between two people, or possibly engaging them in a conversation. Within our two shot we could possibly have either a conversation showing 'Emily' looking slightly dissapointed or angry, or even portray the mother or father of 'Emily' patronising her which she hates. We can tell she hates this because the lyrics in the song show that she believes she is being treated like a minor or someone that can't do things for themselves.
Establishing Shot -This could be done at the start of the scene, and could be shown at quite a distance from the party either in the corner of the room or from the next room to show the audience what is happening, and where she is and who she's with.
Close Up - We can use the close up to show important objects within the mise en scene. For example, to make it clear to the audience that it is a birthday party we could do a close up for the cake. However, we could also use the close up to show different feelings aswell, for example showing the party cake with a small gift that we know 'Emily' doesn't approve of, and then do a jump cut to a reaction shot. This could end up being very effective.
Camera Angle Ideas
Low Angle - A low camera angle looking up at the object, in our case 'Emily' will be the object, is used to show someone in power or control. When we use a low angle to look up at 'Emily' we will try to get across the feeling of safety and protection that she has in her own home with her family. This could for example be done when she is opening a present.
High Angle - We could also use the high angle in completely the opposite way as we used the low angle. We could use it to look down on 'Emily' when she looks annoyed or slightly patronised. It will show her being looked down upon because she isn't in power and doesn't have the choice about leaving the family party even though she wants to.
Camera Movement Ideas
Crane - The idea we had for using to crane shot is at the end of the video and at the end of the family narrative. The crane often signifies the end of a scene, so when she is about to blow out the final candle in the last verse, the crane can move upwards to portray the end of the scene and the end of the video.
Pan - The pan can almost be used as an establishing shot at the start of our party and the start of the narrative. This will be useful to straight away introduce the location and the scene to the audience so they don't feel lost or confused and know what's going on. The pan will go from left to right showing the family at the party, all having a good time and the last person the pan will show will be 'Emily' sitting looking annoyed.
Tilt - The tilt will be a camera movement to work well with either the high angle or low angle. This can work by showing 'Emily' at eye line and slowly moving the camera down whilst using the tilt movement to slowly show 'Emily' either getting less power or more power. For example, when 'Emily' is being patronised and is clearly annoyed, the camera can move up and tilt downwards, looking down on 'Emily' showing her with little power, placing her in a low angle camera shot.
Track - We thought that we could use the track camera movement within our narrative when she brings out the cake. We will have the cake being smoothly tracked as it is walked towards 'Emily' whilst it still has the candles on it, and the cake will be tracked all the way up until 'Emily' receives it.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
Reaction Shot - This will be a reaction of 'Emily' when she receives her gifts or the cake comes out. This is because as the lyrics suggest, 'Emily' believes that she is too old to be having a party that includes things such as birthday cake and small gifts, so the reaction shot will portray and link between the lyrics and visual of the music video. The reaction shot could show her emotion so could either show her looking upset, or looking slightly angry.
Two Shot - Two shots are often used to show a relationship between two people, or possibly engaging them in a conversation. Within our two shot we could possibly have either a conversation showing 'Emily' looking slightly dissapointed or angry, or even portray the mother or father of 'Emily' patronising her which she hates. We can tell she hates this because the lyrics in the song show that she believes she is being treated like a minor or someone that can't do things for themselves.
Establishing Shot -This could be done at the start of the scene, and could be shown at quite a distance from the party either in the corner of the room or from the next room to show the audience what is happening, and where she is and who she's with.
Close Up - We can use the close up to show important objects within the mise en scene. For example, to make it clear to the audience that it is a birthday party we could do a close up for the cake. However, we could also use the close up to show different feelings aswell, for example showing the party cake with a small gift that we know 'Emily' doesn't approve of, and then do a jump cut to a reaction shot. This could end up being very effective.
Camera Angle Ideas
Low Angle - A low camera angle looking up at the object, in our case 'Emily' will be the object, is used to show someone in power or control. When we use a low angle to look up at 'Emily' we will try to get across the feeling of safety and protection that she has in her own home with her family. This could for example be done when she is opening a present.
High Angle - We could also use the high angle in completely the opposite way as we used the low angle. We could use it to look down on 'Emily' when she looks annoyed or slightly patronised. It will show her being looked down upon because she isn't in power and doesn't have the choice about leaving the family party even though she wants to.
Camera Movement Ideas
Crane - The idea we had for using to crane shot is at the end of the video and at the end of the family narrative. The crane often signifies the end of a scene, so when she is about to blow out the final candle in the last verse, the crane can move upwards to portray the end of the scene and the end of the video.
Pan - The pan can almost be used as an establishing shot at the start of our party and the start of the narrative. This will be useful to straight away introduce the location and the scene to the audience so they don't feel lost or confused and know what's going on. The pan will go from left to right showing the family at the party, all having a good time and the last person the pan will show will be 'Emily' sitting looking annoyed.
Tilt - The tilt will be a camera movement to work well with either the high angle or low angle. This can work by showing 'Emily' at eye line and slowly moving the camera down whilst using the tilt movement to slowly show 'Emily' either getting less power or more power. For example, when 'Emily' is being patronised and is clearly annoyed, the camera can move up and tilt downwards, looking down on 'Emily' showing her with little power, placing her in a low angle camera shot.
Track - We thought that we could use the track camera movement within our narrative when she brings out the cake. We will have the cake being smoothly tracked as it is walked towards 'Emily' whilst it still has the candles on it, and the cake will be tracked all the way up until 'Emily' receives it.
This blog was created by Toby Moffat, Graeme Beck, Andrew Thomson and George Tibbett.
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