ideas for Location, Mis En Scene, Characters, and costumes

Location
As our video is based on Vegas, we thought that the location would have to be bright, busy and have the right kind of happy, exciting atmosphere, and the first place that sprung to mind was central london, and oxford street. It is always busy, and as its christmas the lights would be up and create the perfect bright, lighting that we need. For the fountain scene, we cant film it in a different location for example a park as it wouldnt go with the rest of the video. It needs to be bright and busy also, and i think that Trafalgar square is the perfect location for this. For the morning after, one of our friends bedrooms would be perfect, as we can mess it up as much as we like, and it creates a contrast from the other busy locations in the video. There is a scene we hope to incorperate into the video where the main character has stormed off into a club. We are going to find a bar/club suitable enought for us to film in, where theres not too many people, but its busy enough. The lighting also needs to be good enough for us to film, as the bulb will be inappropriate because it could be broken, and too bright for a club.

Mis En Scene
After watching clips from the Vegas based movie "The Hangover", i was inspired by the props they had for when the characters awake teh mornig after. It immediately gave the audience an idea of what had happened and the extent of the madness of Vegas. The scene of different shots of props lasted for around a minute and conveyed the situation perfectly. I would like to use these kjind of props for teh scene when the characters wake up in our video. I hope to put as many random objects scattered about the room as possible, and for the line "dressed up like Elvis", i hope to dress someone up in an Elvis costume and have them lying on the floor by the bed, so that when the camera pans around he comes into view. Make up is also important in the bedroom scene, so im going to put thick make up on the girls and smudge it down their face as tell tale signs of a crazy night, and put lipstick marks on the boys faces. Im also going to open the video with a shot of a fruit machine, which is a big feature in the video as the characters win the money, its colourful, eye catching, and immediately sets off the Vegas theme. Were also going to use alot of money for the scene where the character wins on the slot machine, this scene is one of the most important in the movie, so the money is an important prop. Were also going to use playing cards, which is one of the most obvious features of Vegas casinos, and is another way of them winning the money.
For the line "dont call your mother", the characters will be in a phone box, to match the storyline and have a change of scene and location.
A coin will be used in the scene where the character flicks it into the fountain, lighting is also an important feature here as the focus needs to be solely on the coin, and it needs to be bright enough for the audience to see it clearly. I also hope to find the perfect street for the last scene where the characters walk off happily into the distance, im hoping to find one where there are lights lit up and colourful above them, and theyre walking underneath, to signify a happy ending.

Characters
The main character we chose to use, was chosen because she fits the image of a young, fashionable teeneger well. Shes the right age, and has perfect skin which we thought would look great on camera. Her hair is long and quite light which again would look good on camera and fit the fashionable image.
The second main character, will be playing her boyfriend and we have chose him as he has a similar look to the main character and i thought this would go well. Hes a well turned out teeneger which will appeal to the target audience, and pop fans who like quite generic videos.
The other two characters were chosen because they both have slightly darker hair than the main characters, and look alot different. We wanted them to look different as their relationship in the video is completely different, and we tried to contrast as much as possible between the couples. They also have the right look for up to date teenagers.

Costumes
The characters are going to wear bright colours, which are eye catching on camera and set off the right party image. Th emain character is going to wear a union jack dress we bought, as it brioght and contrasting. Her boyfriend in the video is going to wear a black and white checked shirt, which again is eye catching and stands out.
The other couple are going to wear slightly more demure clothes so that the main couple stand out more. They will still have bright colours so they look colourful on camera, and we will co-ordinate their colours a bit more to symbolise the fact that their relationship is more stable and theyre more in sync with eachother.