Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Initial Ideas

My initial plan to is have only one actor - Phil my male lead - and to have him in a conflict within himself as this portrays the values held in the lyrics ('I talk to God as much as I talk to Satan'). Originally I planned to have him in only one costume which was ragged and destroyed though I had not given much serious thought to the costume and other mise-en-scene in my video. I have since had the idea of representing the idea of self-conflict through costume having Phil wearing an all white outfit (good/God) in some shot and all black (bad/Satan) in others; I would also like to have a number of shots using a split-screen technique including Phil in both different outfits. This uses Claude Levi Strauss' idea of Binary Opposites however offers a slight twist as the opposites are within the same character.
If possible in the editing stage I think a good effect, particularly in close-up shot to recolour Phil's eyes, enhancing the blue of them in the white outfit and making them red in the black outfit. One other mise-en-scene aspect I would like to utilize would be to have Phil clean shaven in the white outfit but not so in the black however I have not yet worked out a way of achieving this. I would also like to achieve a shot of Phil looking into some water (as suggested by the lyrics 'I slap the water and watch') and his reflection changing from one, good or bad, to the other - although again I am not sure how I will create this effect.
Below are some images representing some of my ideas for shots:

Split-Screen/Eye Recolouring
This is one possible technique I may use however I would prefer to have shots with only one figure but with two different sides/costumes as seen in the cartoon image. The image of David Bowie highlights his different eye colours; a technique I would like to artificially recreate.

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