Waking in Neverland

Close up birds eye view shot, this is to match the previous shot from the "real world" as they close they eyes to give a smooth transition between scenes. If they do not match exactly I may insert a performance clip to help gain a smoother change.

Mid shot of Peter and Wendy surrounded by the tall grass enables a softer change between the laying down and other close ups.

The mid shot allows the viewer to get a real sense of the surrounding and establish the scene while keeping the characters clear. 

Close ups of the two talking/laughing, shown to be very happy and positive; these closer shots help to engage the audience and create a closer ond with the artist.

Over the shoulder view of Wendy engages the audience and makes it feel more as if they are in the scene as well. this helps to develop the close bond to the artist and doesn't make him feel superior, more or a relatible character.

Close mid shots of the two walking through the grass helps to get a feel for how tall the grass is, and how extraordinary the setting is.

Similar framing (mid shot- two shot) to keep these effects, while keeping artist clear. the use of framing the shot with the out of focus grass makes the setting feel very wild and overgrown - this also give a bit of diversity to the shots and if something different to break up the scene.

Park meet up

 Wendy waiting on bridge for Peter to come, looking over the edge as the water runs by. Close up view of her to enable her emotions to be identified by audience. Positioned in the left side of the frame showing there is "something" missing from shot - Peter.

 Peter and Wendy together laying on grass, Peter brushes her hair out of her eyes, various "cute" "couple" shots to show their close relationship. Camera is level with them, they are central in the frame not focusing on either party making them seem equal.

                                                                        Peter and Wendy talking, W looks down and plays with grass while P is talking- shows she is distracted. Over the shoulder shot behind Peter, focus in on Wendy's emotions and reflect how her focus isn't on P.

Camera is level with both Peter and Wendy on the ground, wide shot used so that both characters are in shot and the majority of P's arm is visible as he points towards the sky. 

 "Run away with me" lip sync
Over the shoulder close up of Peter as he says this, focus is entirely on him.

Birds eye view of P&W laying on grown, this is the exiting from real world as their eyes open it will be the Neverland setting.

Scrap Booking

The screen shot to the left is taken from the opening scrap booking scene, the medium wide shot enables the audience to establish the scene and identify all the elements in this scene. However it is harder to make the audience clearly focus on Wendy from this shot.

Due to this I have use various close ups from different angles to focus the audience's attention onto Wendy and the emotions she is portraying.

I have chosen to have her looking reasonably sad in these shots, this helps link to the lyrics "say goodbye" "old friend" the whole transition from school to the work environment is shown to be hard for her to cope with, hence the need/want to run away and leave it all behind.

 I have used an over the shoulder shot to help portray the view of Wendy while also having her in shot to leave this connection between the clips.

However I have also used a point of view shot of all the images and pieces of paper/materials to clearly show what Wendy is doing/looking at. During this shot it also clearly shows the images of Peter and Wendy together creating a link between the characters from the start and making the following meet up scene more understandable and not confused for just two character meeting for the first time.

Necklace

I wanted to have an item which Peter gives to Wendy which triggers her memory and makes her realise the Neverland trip was real.
In the Disney/original story Wendy gives Peter the thimble when he doesn't understand what a "kiss" is as a replacement. When Wendy asks for a kiss back he gives her an acorn.
I wanted to ideally incorporate this as the item somehow, however I didn't want to have just an acorn, I wanted it to have a more modern twist. I had the idea of having an acorn necklace, however I couldn't find any and the ones I found online where very expensive.

I managed to get a real acorn shell and pierce two holes to thread some cotton through and connect it to a small chain. I attached a little mirrored bead I removed off a different necklace I already had and the end result I am actually really pleased with.

Here is a photo of the finished result.

Casting

Peter:

For the role of Peter I have chosen to use Jamie, he will focus in almost every shot, and excluding the selected scenes of Wendy alone, he will be shown in every scene.

Wendy:

The character of Wendy will be played by Becky in my music video, Jamie and Becky are actually in a relationship so this is likely to create a more plausible bond between the two and will make the filming more natural. Also she has a very natural look to her which I want to portray through this character.

Backing guitar #1: 

For one of the supporting band members I have chosen to use Josh, he will feature in the performance scenes playing an electric guitar as the first backing member, likely to feature more on screen than the second supporting member.

Backing guitar #2:

I have chosen to use Patrick as one of the supporting band members, he will be one of the two guitarists in the performance scene.

Drummer:

I have chosen Ollie to play the drumming role in my music video, he will only feature in the performance scene along side the other supporting band members.

All of my band members are roughly the same age (Jamie = 18, Josh = 17, Patrick and Ollie = 16) this helps to strengthen the continuity, by having similar aged band members makes it more realistic, also these members are roughly the age of my target market which allows them the relate to and aspire toward the band easier.

The Band

The original band who sang this song is All Time Low, the band themselves portray quite a dark rebellious look emphasised by the mise-en-scene of photo shoots (for example graffiti)
 

 

 

however even the band in their music video for "Somewhere in Neverland" played a more lighthearted role and had very colourful settings, props, lighting and even clothing. This image didn't really suit the existing portrayal of band, however did set a turn in their career creating a "softer" image, steering away from the punk/grunge rock, to a softer alternative pop rock.

I wanted to create a new band name which would portray this softer rock tone, I have come up with a few band and album names and intend to ask my target audience which of these they prefer for the band.

Possible band names

Intra Axis             (7 votes)
Aftershock           (5 votes)
Backlash              (4 votes)
Line of fire          (4 votes)

Album names:

For the album name I liked the idea of linking to the focus song (Somewhere in Neverland), and reflecting these "dreamworld/imaginary" themes:

Delusion               (8 votes)
Trance                  (6 votes)
Illusion                 (2 votes)
Deception             (3 votes)
Abstraction           (1 votes)

I asked 20 members who fit into my target audience profile, the results where pretty spread and they agreed that most of the names were good and fit the band. However from this the chosen names are:

Band name: Intra Axis
Album name: Delusion

Locations

For the outside neverland scenes I have searched for some setting to use, I have taken photos and analysed how practical each of them is.

 

The three photos above are photos of my local woods, they are only a 10 minute walk from mine and could easily be driven to in 2 minutes, as long as the weather is pleasent these settings would be idea for some of the outside shots.

I really do like this setting I think it portray the neverland, overgrown, living in the wild theme well. However this location was very hard to get to, it took a long drive and longer trek through overgrown paths blocked by fallen trees/nettles and branches to get here, although it would look really good to have this as a setting I don't think it is practical to expect my actors to get here and managing to get filming equipment here would be very challenging.

The two photos above are also at the same location so problems with location is likely to mean I cannot use these settings which is a shame.

I thought about having some shots which are by a river/lake, this would bring something different to the scenes and more it more interesting than just a plain forest, also it would break up the shots and hopefully eliminate any risk of repetition.

 

this location is the same as abover just taken facing the other direction, the area was underneath a bridge where there was a sturdy wide path neck to the river, it was very peaceful and would be a very unique and interesting setting to have.

To the right shows a photo of the brige, the water was so clear all you could see the roof reflection, you could hardly tell it was water. (bottom half of image is all water)