Location

The location of the music video is very important, this is because it would usually show the audience the story of the video and will make the lyrics make more sense. The music video will also show the emotions of the song. This isn't the actual house that we will be using, but it is similar in size and the way it looks. The reason why we don't have a picture of the actual house is because there isn't any on the internet as it is newly built. However there is only one section of the music video where you will see the outside of the house, and there isn't any music playing at that point.













The location that we have chosen for our music video is partly at home and partly in a field. We chose the location of the house, because we believe the setting would correspond with the lyrics of the song, this is because alot of the lyrics that he sings are about him being lazy in his house. We also think that having it located in and around the house will allow us to get a wide range of camera angles that show the different aspects of the house. Most of the shot in the house will be within the lounge and the bedroom. We have chosen these two rooms because they are the rooms that lazy people would spend most time when they are at home, this then relates to the song name. The house also relates to the title 'Lazy Song'. The house that we will be using is located in a privately owned estate nearby the countryside. This means that we can film out in the field as well without making the shots of the house look too out of place.

 

Also in the music video we will have cut shots to the field where the actor will be walking slowly whilst singing the lyrics to the song. We took inspiration from the Cody Simpson song that we researched and decided that some of our filming will be done in a field. We have decided to do this in order to add variety to the music video. We don't want the whole song and ancillary tasks to be based inside the house, because that's boring and doesn't add a lot of colour. It also limits us on what we can do in terms of creativity. We feel that colour and lighting can be a big part into what keeps the audiences attention and makes them keep watching the video. Despite it going against the song title this doesn't worry us to much, and we feel like we are challenging media conventions. The video doesn't necessarily have to match the title of the song. For example you could just have a band singing the song rather than filming what the lyrics are saying, and this is what we think we are doing. He is outside which defeats the object of being lazy, however we are trying to make the chorus separate to the rest of the lyrics and so trying to create two stories with one video. One doing what the lyrics say, and the other making him go outside in order to get some fresh air. The picture is of the field that we think we are going to use. It is pretty big, and is surrounded by fences which is what we want, as when our actor is singing he can be sitting on a fence. There is also a woods near by so if we want to use a woods we now have the opportunity to do so.