Track Pitch/Research

Narrative
We've decided that the Adele song 'Met My Heart To Stone', would be the best song for out music video. The narrative for the video will begin with an argument scene between the artists, this is just as the two characters are getting ready to go out. We've considered shots of Adele putting makeup on, looking into a mirror, and then Kanye pushing everything off the table in anger. Kanye will then walk out of the room, and Adele will be left alone. There will be several stereotypical Adele shots, looking depressed in a window for example, or crying and looking at "old photos" of them together. The emotion/mood of this beginning scene would be enhanced with a blue filter in the editing process.

The next scene will be Kanye's rap, this will take place outside on the streets. During this part he will be walking and along the street, we could use lots of intertexuality because this is conventional of rap videos. Adele's actor will join the street scene and begin to argue and try to get Kanye back, he will take his ring off and throw it at Adele. There is an instrumental part where we could have some performance or more acting. The ending will see the couple back together, and a closeup on their hands to symbolize this.

We want the video to flow together in a very linear way, and have had an idea for continual shots such as the ones seen in this video:

Actors & Performance
Two main actors needed, playing the characters of the artists. They will both have costumes to look like the original artists, which will be explained in the costumes section of this research. The actors will be following the narrative whilst lip-syncing along with it, creating quite a quirky/different style to the video.

Location
First scene will take place in a bedroom or apartment. We are going to try contacting the University Arms Hotel for the possibility of a room for 1 - 2 hours. This is only an option, so we need to contact the hotel as soon as possible. The website for the hotel with images of the rooms and surrounding location is here.

In the second scene where the characters are on the streets, we thought that we could film on Silver Street near the river in Cambridge.This is because it's an old area in the city, and will suit the lyrics of "Right under my feet there's air made of bricks". There are some small alley ways near Granta Place along the river, which could give a city feel that suits the lyrics also. Kings Parade is another good location to take some street shots, it is an old part of the city again and there are small alleys again which will be less busy. Below are some photos of the possible areas which want to film at.

Granta Place

Trinity Street

St Mary's Passage

King's Parade

Costumes
Both characters will begin in evening wear, as if they are going out. The Adele character will be in a dark dress to symbolize the depression of the scene, her hair will come undone and mascara will begin to run down her face. When she moves to the outside street scene she will grab a coat. This is important as it will show her strength to go after him, and will represent love, passion and perhaps pain.

Kanye's character will be wearing a white suit, this will show his contrast with Adele. Intertexuality to refer to his rap background will be represented by a hidden chain, or a ring. His costumes will remain the same throughout the video. 

Props 
For the room scene we will need lots of photos of the couple together. We may need to use phones to illustrate the communication between the two characters, this will be used during the scene where Adele goes to look for Kanye. This room scene will be inspired by Adele's version of 'Make You Feel My Love'.

Lighting
For the Adele scenes, we thought we could have blue tinted lighting so that the scene looks quite cold.
(alternatively this can be done with editing) We want most scenes to be quite dark so ideally we would be filming at dusk or on a cloudy day. We have the option to film at night but this would require extra lighting (I.e. floodlights) to lighten the scenes just enough so that characters can be clearly seen but the audience can tell it is night.

Editing
We thought that the editing would follow a linear narrative. The editing would need to have continuity throughout. We will also be lip-syncing in the editing to match the audio to the video.

Shots
There are several shots that we want to include in the video. One will be a shot of something being thrown at the wall, symbolizing a domestic violence message which we have considered to incorporate into the video. Another shot would be over-the-shoulder looking at the Adele character in a mirror, this would be as mascara falls down her face.