Studio Design and Lighting Design

The reason we need set and lighting designs is so that the designer can use them to see what is needed for our pop video. The set and lighting designs need to be very detailed so that the specific requirements of the pop video are met. This also means that we have an increased chance of making our set look the way we want it to.

We needed to draw the plans in birds eye view so that the designer could easily ‘read’ the plans and map out the specifics for it as easily as possible. Yet, as far as set designs go, our set design is quite simple as our main attraction does not lie within the actual set but more within the performance of the group. We are planning on having a few rows of cinema seats, which are covered in red velvet, as well as a room lying in front of the seats, which is either painted in white, blue or red. The room needs to be quite energetic and bright as to represent the peculiarity of the video as well as to show difference between the darkness of the seats. The room will also have doors on either side of it so that characters can enter and leave the room. This will also give the audience the perspective that the girl is in the same room as the performer. We plan to have no objects entirely stationed in the room as to not detract from the performance of the group. We will also be using a blue screen or a green screen which will be placed between the seats and room because when we need to film the first layer of our three we will be using the blue/green screen and once we are done with the first layer shooting we can easily remove it from the set.

As for the lighting of the set we plan to have a quite bright environment on the stage area but a darker and dimmer area around the seats as to suggest to the audience that the girl is watching a film. Yet, the colours within video will be bright, colourful, rich, lively and vivid in order to suggest excitement, enthusiasm and eagerness from the group. Yet, as to make the audience feel unruffled by the group members we intend to have the lights to create a warm and friendly atmosphere within the lit area. In post-production we intend to put a bright light, using after effects, which is flickering slightly above the camera as if to make it appear to the audience members that a projector is being shone onto the stage, again supporting the idea that a film is being shown to this girl and that the group is not within the same frame that the girl is within. This entire idea will confuse and disorient the audience as it plays with the entire idea of fiction and reality, even if the reality of the video is also fiction.