Mise En Scene Research

Costuming

For costuming in our video, we have taken inspiration from Gaga but instead of having the outrageous, eccentric style, we were thinking of toning it down to have a style more suitable for the time that the song was recorded which was before her rise to fame. So initially we have thought about having an over sized bow or hairstyle and have make up that is subtle but can easily be seen, and not limited to just the women; we feel we could paint something like a blue strip or a star on the man's face to make him slightly Gaga-fied.

we totally just bought these. (5/10/11)

Location

The locations of our video are going to be mainly outside and out in the elements. We have specifically chosen places which are quite open yet have a lot of nature around because it adds to the atmosphere of the video. We chose Jesus Green/Christ Piece in Cambridge where the main person can walk through the pathways with the trees beside it. Also the back of the Sports Hall was where we planned to have both a scene where our character was walking through it, and where she could be lashing out in anger, throwing things like crockery and mens clothes; the corrugated walls of the sports hall are metallic and soulless; we hope to create an obvious contrast between the nature of soft Cambridge Natural Parks from the overbearing manmade building.

Props


For the scenes where the two characters are talking we'll need two chairs and a table, the more minimalist the better; we want to keep some of the video simplistic, because unlike most of the Gaga Video's we know today "Second Time Around"  was before she was really famous, and we would like to get back to that ordinariness as well as tributing her famed crazy looks and lifestyle.
We would also need things for the character singing to throw and destroy for dramatic effect, a physical act that embodies her anger and frustration to the audience and make it obvious how she feels. these could be any number of things; plates, old phones, photo-frames, watches or even clothes, things that make a house a home, giving the idea that their home is broken.