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Initial Ideas - Music Video - Coggle Diagram
Initial Ideas - Music Video
Representation
Mental illness as an obstacle rather than a defining point
Anxiety as strength and resilience
Paradoxical nature of mental health - masking, duality
Embracing positive connotations
Courage
Resilience
Bravery
Determination
Strength
Empathy
Defying negative stereotypes
Laziness
Permanent misery
Vulnerability
Insanity
Attention seeking
Video elements
Narrative genre
Binary oppositions - public versus private exception (Levi Strauss).
Progression - breaking free by the end, using experience in creative way, offering support, being empowered; cyclic.
Todorov - equilibrium (looking on fonder times), disruption (reality of mental health), quest (character explores emotions, experiences reality of MH), new equilibrium (freedom, expressing themselves, helping others).
Performance
Lip syncing in studio
Close-ups - intimate, confrontational, vulnerability
More personal - realistic shots (casual clothing, make-up)
Mise-en-scene
Elaborate costume = public perception, image of perfection
Bold colours - pink, yellow, orange, green, red
Costume pieces - diamonds, feather boas
Glitter/sequins
Make-up - bold lipstick, highlighter, contour, colourful eye shadow, blush
Sleek hair
Simplistic costume/make-up = reality
Neutral make-up
Neutral and cool tones - white, black, blue (costume)
Casual costume - t-shirts, jeans etc.
Wild hair
Location
House - private reality.
Outdoors (forest, field etc.) - freedom, happiness
Party (studio, hall) - social events, public perception
Lighting
Neon/colourful lighting - public perception, joyful persona
Warm lighting - outside, freedom, happiness
Low key lighting - isolation, desolation
Camera, sound, edit
Camera
Zoom - interrogation, confronting reality
Long shot - isolation
Pull tracking - taking back control, freedom
Low angle at end - character takes back control, powerful, free.
High angle - vulnerability.
Over the shoulder - invasive, observational
Sound
Contrapuntal sound - music = upbeat, doesn't always match tone of video; paradoxical nature of MH.
Heavy breathing soundbites - panic, anxiety, chaos.
Edit
Slow motion - trapped; middle of video
Fast-paced edit - end of video, high adrenaline, freedom
Graphics at end of video - statistics, explicit message