Mise-en-scene

Lighting

- I have thought very carefully about how I am going to light the scenes that I plan on filming in my video, and in order to facilitate the often dark locations I would like to try and use, (the sunset) I am going to use my three continuous studio lights. I may also use a flash bulb which I could use to create a subdued strobe-like effect when filming close up on faces. I also have an idea for a shot which would involve setting up the performer(s) in front of car headlights, where  lights would be needed in front of them out of shot in order to keep them from being silhouetted.

Setting

Performance:   -Standing in front of their car parked in front of a church?
                        -A few lines filmed in a studio environment - the pit? my studio?
                        -Generic outside space at the beach
                        -Kept in the same room as actress? To portray sense of being trapped within her mind?

Narrative:       -White washed bedroom, double bed, white sheets, as empty as possible.
                        -The beach - sunset

Props
- Cheap glass bottles/ glasses for her to smash in anger - to signify her having been drinking - his side of the bed is clean
-Real bottles
-Pills
-Items to throw - photos, books, bedding

Costume
Within my video it is important that I differentiate between the two main 'characters.' 

- The performer- who needs to convey the genre conventions and implied emotions, and the subject - the character entirely separate and fictional from the performer.
The Performer - fairly neutral but with a darker tone. Black skinny jeans? Black skirt, bare legs and Docs? Dark high neck vest top?
- The Character - Dressed in a very casual manner - pyjamas, loungewear. Her makeup and hair is not so important, it's more the effect of her not having the makeup or looking very dressed-down due to the perceived state of her mental state

Make Up
- The Performer - dark makeup to some extent yet relatively 'bare?' -  Heavy eyeliner, nude lip? Blank face
- The Character - halfway point between very sweet and effeminate, pink lips rosy cheeks etc, and dark, more aggressive or emotional. 'Bare' face 

Performance

- The song that I have chosen is audibly very expressive, and so the performer I choose will need to really sing into the camera and really get into the music, as otherwise, the final product will immediately say student video.