I chose this location as it's similar to the setting of the French horror film 'Ils', which has a large amount of the scenes where the 'victims' are being chased/'hunted down' by the aggressors taken place in a isolated forest in a secluded part of the town, reinforcing the predatory feel. As in my narrative I am having the girl preyed on by her dissociative identity, I thought this would be a very fitting location. also much like within the forest scene in the film 'The Piano', the forest acts like a web, snaring and entrapping the girl, acting as almost a character in itself as it can take on different moods and can appear - in this case- very menacing. This creates a great contrast -reflecting Claude Levi-Strauss' theory of binary opposition driving the narrative- to the interior location of a darkened room/house, acting as an extension of the girls mind in which she is trapped. This also links to the Brothers Grimm's 19th-century fairytales, such as Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood of which utilize the forest setting, thus reinforcing the sense of despair and anxiety felt by the character in my narrative, also possibly acting as a catalyst for the surreal feel i wish to create in my video through the edit. I also chose this location as it is fairly local and therefore would be easy to access and enables convenient re-shoots if necessary.
Clip from 'The Piano'
House/cellar
I want to use images of a large, haunting house and it's cellar to represent what the character sees in her own head. I want to use this location as to invoking a sense of unease with the audience as the cellar would be a claustrophobic dark space, with claustrophobia being a common fear amongst people - therefore eliciting a personal,emotional response from the audience. This is because they maybe able to identify with the character and feel sympathetic towards her. This may be similar to the setting of My Chemical Romance's 'Vampires will never hurt you'.
Excellent points Sian, you say....
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Instead something like, I am using the narrative technique of binary opposites (Claude Levis Strauss) by representing the girl's two conflicted emotional states to create impact and drama and give the music video a higher profile. A complex narrative also may encourage potential fans discuss on social media sites and thus the video could go viral......or something like that.