Talent, Props & Location

Our plan is to have two 'sections' to the video - a live recording for the chorus, and an acted story for the verses. Therefore, we need to organise actors, decide on locations and gather props. 

Actors

We require a male and a female actor, to play the roles of a couple who tell the story of the song. 
The male we are using is called Alex, a good friend of the group, as we believe he will be the most reliable person to use. Also, he is 17 years old, and has interests in music and fashion - so this means he mirrors the target audience and allows a character to be created that people can relate to, giving the music video a personal feel. 
Because of the 'couple' nature of the music video, we struggled to find a pair to use who we felt would be reliable enough. We therefore decided to use a girl called Tamsen, who is a good friend of  the male actor, as this will result in comfortable, relaxed filming and reliable talent.
The live chorus talent is the actual artist, Billy Lockett. 

Costume

With relation to the target audience of indie teenagers, we need the costume to be relatively 'fashionable and unique'. However, the semantics of the song involve the characters being quite poor, as they cannot afford their own furniture. We, therefore, have decided upon various costumes (for different scenes) to reflect these concepts; 
Empty room scenes -
Male : checkered top, chino trousers, dirty socks
Female : jumpsuit, tights, old looking cardigan, relaxed hair
Street scenes - 
Male : chino trousers, black coat
Female : jeans, coat
Bar scene - 
Male : suit jacket & trousers
Female : dress, more formal hair

Props

There are not many props that we need to consider, however a couple will be very important. Firstly, the male actor needs a guitar for walking down the street, and sitting in the room. Also, we wanted to use a small dog, to represent the couple in day-to-day activities. The mise-en-scene should reflect the song, for example an empty room with few belongings.

Location

This is possibly the most difficult factor to consider - we want the mise-en-scene to look believable, but, for example, gaining access to a 'derelict' house is improbable. We have therefore decided upon using my own spare room for the 'empty house' scene, as it contains no furniture, and looks out onto an empty field. For the bar scene, we plan on using a local village pub, as it is a common place for young people to meet and is coherent with the song. The majority of other scenes will be filmed on the street outside the house, or at the local park, Wicksteed, as it is a picturesque location where many couples choose to visit.