-Costumes: To start, the clothing we planned on having Amelia (the the main actor) wear is all black robber like outfit with a hood on. This is because for the first part of the video we talk about how famous she is. Then as we move into the second half she will transform from a pop star in hiding to a pop star on stage. I’m these shots she will be wearing expensive and trendy looking clothing. This is because all her fans are supposed to be looking up to her so she should exemplify modern fashion.
-Lighting: When it comes to the lighting in our music video, we have to resort to natural because our music video is mostly being filmed outside. We understand that this may be risky because of the fact that filming outside increases our chances to run into unpredictable weather patterns such as rain and cloudy skies. We will also be using flash for when the song talks about cameras. If the whether is not sunny that day we have decided we won’t shoot. Too much of our music video is shot outside to compromise.
-Actors: Our music video is only going to consist of a main person/actor: Amelia Hudson. She will be portraying a popular celebrity in the original Disney film Starstruck. We believe she will best convey our music video’s theme because she knows the most about the movie. Some other actors we will use are extras that can portray “fans” and that can hold up posters.
-Makeup: Amelia will most likely apply foundation, mascara, and eye shadow before we start filming the music video. This is because we want to show the audience why everyone is raving about her.
-Props: Props we will use in our music video include paper, custom posters with Amelia’s face, sunglasses, and a car. These props are all important because pop stars have lots of desirable items.
-Setting: We have decided the music video will be shot in Florida and Texas. Amelia will be traveling to Texas over thanksgiving break. She will shoot part of the music video there because we think the change of scenery will make our commercial unique.
My group and I also had to decide and agree on what camera angles, movements, and shots we wanted to include in our video. We will be using mostly jump cuts from shot to shot. This is because the beat of the music video is fast and the life of a pop star is fast. The jump cut perfectly captures the amount of hectic energy we want to capture. At the beginning of our music video we will do a fade in and fade out because then viewers know when it starts and ends. We will also do a tilt as the establishing shot. The tilt that transitions into a full body shot adds dramatic effect to the “teen idol/pop star”. The editing we will do is only added non diegetic sound by separating the video from the sound. We will delete the soundtrack and add Starstruck over it.
