Mise-en-scene

When filming my video, I plan on attracting my audience through a concept based style, this in itself will represent my band Massive Attack, as they belonged to an organic and dream like world scene. The flowing and free forms of the ink will create that organic feel and almost hypnotic atmosphere, again linking back to the 'stoner' culture of the Bristolian saga.
As my video doesn't involve costumes or a narrative location, I have to find a separate way to appeal to my audience through mise-en-scene. The first way in which I aim to do this is is through my colour choice of ink, from my audience survey I found that the colours; White, Black and Grey, were most fitting to my piece and that the audience liked them most. One participant even noted that the word 'angel' itself reminds them of haven, and those colours best represented it.

As I directly questioned my audience I have found what they like the most and how they want it portrayed. Although I am not completely following their needs and gratifications, I am putting my own personal twist in order to create a fresh perspective on what they like. 

Concept based videos for genres like dance and other similar, all follow a particular style, and as Trip Hop is a combination of all of these, I aim to incorporate the same codes and conventions as those seen in videos like Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy' or The XX's 'Angel'. The lighting will need to be as bright as possible in order to fully appreciate the colours I will be using, therefore amplifying the dance iconography. The colours and lighting therefore need to compliment each other in that sense.