Mise-en-scene

Before we brainstormed or discussed any ideas for mise-en-scene for our video we decided to conduct some research on the individual components of the video. For example, in order to gain knowledge on what area we should be looking at for costume designs, we observed some of our act's previous costumes in music videos. This gave us the impression that she likes to express herself through her extravagant use of bazaar clothing. In terms of our own application of this, we felt that we would have to consider the literal implications and connotations of the lyrics in Lady Gaga's song Boys Boys Boys with the aim of achieving a similar style to her eccentricity. To get a better idea of which direction to take, we also studied a few live performances of the song we are covering. In this part of the research, we discovered that she wears a tight red leather-looking suit perhaps symbolising lust. This made me think that the lead character in our video should be wearing the same sort of attire, but with our own adaptation that includes other themes based on our understanding of the song.

The back-up dancers (who are male) would idealy have matching outfits in order to show their connection in their goal to obtain a woman (the singer) but would be contrasting to the lead. Our initial idea for the colour of their outfits was white, as this would increase the impact of the vibrant red costume of the lead.

When it comes to Lady Gaga's use of make-up, it seems as though she only uses it when she feels the need to emphasise a certain characteristic of her character. When it is used, it is very exaggerated. I don't really see the need to use much make-up in the video, as it may detract attention away from the busy scenes that we plan to include in the location of a club. If it appears as though it is neccessary however, then we would have to follow the same trends as Gaga has set and use it for a purpose to bring across a point (much like with her costumes). The lead actor would nearly always have her group of girls with her (whether dancing or not) and these would be in medium/heavy make-up as appropriate for a night out to a club looking for boys. They would also be wearing clothes for the occasion.



As i mentioned before, the setting is going to be in a club in order to match the generic convention of the genre of dance/electro and to accomadate the large amount of boys we hoped to include in the video.