Lisa Mitchell – Neopolitan Dreams,
Lisa Helen Mitchell is a 20 year old, singer-songwriter, who was born in Cantebury , England and grew up in Wales but then eventually moved to Australia Australia
The whole of the video consists of only two characters and is set solely in an average park, it is all also done in stop motion animation which gives it a quirky and alternative feel, just like the music. The beginning is just the girl shown going through various motions in the woods on her own and there are a variety of shots, including close-ups and mid-shots. One mid-shot in particular is set in an arch way, the motion doesn’t cut with the music because it is too quick but it doesn’t seem out of place. The lighting is dark and a little hard to see and could do with being adjusted but it is a girly shot that is romantic and the arch way frames the girl showing she is the main part of the video at that moment in time. The girl is also dressed in simple clothes which aren’t out of the ordinary making the viewer believe it is quite real and they can relate to the girls situation.
Another interesting shot is of the girl holding a Polaroid of a boy, we wanted to use the idea of Polaroid’s in our video because they are alternative and almost vintage which is the idea we are aiming for, although we may not end up using Polaroid’s as they are very expensive to print. This shot is also very simple and carries on the outdoor theme as you can see greenery behind you, which we also are going to do.
In this video there is also the stop motion idea of feet moving away which is also seen is Kate Nash’s ‘Foundations’ music video and we really like this idea, it represents how people are moving apart and going there separate ways and this idea is in heard in Maxine Vauzelle’s song ‘Come on over.’ Therefore, we may very well adapt this kind of shot and use it in our video.
Another shot my group really liked the look of was where the girl is sat alone on the bench, it shows how she may be feeling very solitary and vulnerable at that time and suggest she is having time out to think, we could easily fit a shot like this into our video because the same kind of feelings are featured. The shot is really simple and the lighting hasn’t been fixed from simple day light, we may hope for a brighter day on our shoot though.
The idea of a night time shot is really nice as it shows the passing of time but I you would have to work really hard on lighting and visibility and I don’t think it has worked that well in this music video, although we would quite like to use some shots at night we will just have to try it out and see if it does or doesn’t work.
