Mise-en-scene

Lighting: For the flashback scene the lighting used was radiant, the reason for this choice was to convey the happy memories. During the opening scene of the establishing shot at the train tracks, the lighting used was generally the brightest of all scenes to set the scene as well as inform the audience that the mood is expressed as positive. The narrative of our music video is based around a relationship breaking down, including the use of flashbacks to represent the memories. Following this, at the end of the music video the audience see the relationship break down when the characters depart.


Location: We filmed outdoors because it was a relevant location and created a positive atmosphere to communicate the genre to the audience this is due to the majority of R&B music videos being filmed in urban locations. The use of filming outdoors gave the music video a sense of realism to enhance the genre as it is communicated through the lyrics. The location represents the artist as it makes the audience reflect on personal experiences as well as experiences the artist may have gone through.  The variety of locations symbolises the "feelings" in the song as well as establish the mood.  On the whole location creates mass audience interaction as the choice of location influences what happens in each scenes so the audience can relate to the visual and lyrical aspects.