Establishing shot

This is an image I took of my school where me and Ian will be filming part of our music video. I believe it is a good idea within a narrative music video to have at least one establishing shot, due to the fact that it keeps the video consistent and allows the audience to establish where it is that the characters are.

Me and Ian filmed this part of the school from 3 separate angles with an additional one where we have panned the camera from left to right to give a broader view of the location.

When it comes to editing we may not use all shots that were filmed due to timing, however we felt it best to gain different angles as to be creative and produce more images for the audience.

Angles we used include :

• Low angle shot - Used filming the entrance of the school looking upwards
• Close up - Used filming the entrance in order to show the school in more detail
• Long shot - To give the audience a complete image of the school. We believe this one will be most effective as an establishing shot to determine the location of the characters.

By using the location of the school for about a third of our video, it reflects the youth of the characters and will be a familiar setting that our target audience can relate to. We also believe the main building to be eye catching and quite extravagant, giving our music video a different look compared to other schools. Although quite a detailed and quirky idea, I believe the school to look almost castle like, perhaps revealing that the teenage male character sees the girl he admires to be somewhat like a princess.