Test Footage of Effects

In this test footage we have experimented with the split screen effect to show both people behind both sides of the door.

Character list..

Main female/singer - Amy Ornstien (Back-up Saffy Hadley-Rendle)

Main boy - Ross Kennedy

Gang of boys - Ed Rolph, Matthew Dethridge and Robert Sayer

Locations

We have chosen a possible location to film our music video. The surroundings near the John Barleycorn in Duxford would be perfect for our setting as there are street lights so if we choose to film a part of the video in the dark there will be lighting. There is an ally way right next to the pub and Mill Lane opposite is quiet, so if we choose to film there we wouldn't disturb anyone. Furthermore this location is easier and more convenient for us and the actors/actresses in our music video to get to and film.

The house we are thinking of filming in is down this road.

Possible ideas for Effects

• When both the boy and girl sings we are going to include multiple shots of the same shot, all at once, on the screen.
• At the beginning we are thinking of having it a bit shaky and blurred and then turn it gradually into focus.
• We are going to use slow-motion to emphasis key areas of the music video such as when she says 'ooh'.
• We were also thinking of having a split screen between Rita and J.Cole when he comes in, to show two different situations and locations at once.

Rita Ora - Love & War initial ideas

From looking at the lyrics we realised that there is a different meaning behind the words love and war. Instead of actually being about war or fighting it is more about the good and bad parts of relationships. For example she is singing about making love and not making each other angry or upset.

This then lead us to think differently about what the content of the video should show, therefore we came up with the idea similar to the music video 'Love the way you lie' by Rihanna and Eminem.
We decided to show how a boy's fighting causes problems between him and his partner and how she can not take it anymore and wants him to change. We were hoping to do this by setting up a scene where the boy is in an organised fight that is getting out of control and people are watching, shouting and betting on each of the fighters. This would happen when the music is saying 'this fighting shit is getting to old.' It could flick between two scenes where his partner is waiting for him to come and he chooses the fight over her.
Later on he could turn up at her houses bruised and bloody and and the girl has had enough and they argue.
We wants to use a range of shots such a close-up of the female singer occasionally similar to the shot of Rihanna from the Love The Way You Lie video:

And mid and long shots of for the fight as well as slow motion to emphasise the pain he is suffering: 

And shots showing her loneliness, which would vary during the video as she would be doing different things like sitting at the dinner table waiting for him and on the bed waiting for his call: 

There may be a possibility of doing flashbacks to when everything was good between them at the beginning or at the end: 

Auteur Analysis

Both of these videos are directed by Michel Gondry and they both share similarities which make Gondry an Auteur director. Both videos are very repetitive as both Kylie and the dancers follow a revolving circuit in the setting of which the video is filmed. In addition, both videos are very colourful and bold.