The name "NOXA", which is our singer's stage name, comes from the Latin word for "harm". The reason we chose this name is because having a name in a different language especially an ancient one such as Latin gives the artist mysterious traits and a sense of a mystical appeal from the fan base, as they would want to know why the singer has such a unique name. The name of the original song is Narcissistic Cannibal by Korn and Skrillex. The version we are going to use is a cover by Earlyrise which is much more gentle and has a larger emotional impact in the way it is presented which we decided would suit Noxa's image, as the lead of Earlyrise is female. The genre of our song is alternative rock and so is the entire Noxa Album, which links it perfectly with the overall album theme and as well as that gives away the singer image. Our target audience is mainly people between the age of 16-25, as they are the broadest range of audience that listens to this type of music and is interested in that certain style and image, as well as genre. The style of our music video is a mixture of Narrative with Conceptual features throughout, making the video and an artistic piece of expressive emotion and explosive feelings kept inside. We wrote a copyright letter to Earlyrise asking for permission to use their song in our video, so that would not be an issue when filming.
The overall idea of the music video is that Noxa is stuck in a purgatory. Various different shots and concepts we have developed are based around that idea and symbolise it. The scenes we currently have and story boarded are 15, but these are the most important scenes we have which could be developed further possibly with different angles and cut down to more scenes or different locations. The first scene we wanted to film is Noxa lying on the grass in a forest and being sprinkled by white rose pettles wearing a white dress as white symbolises purity. In that scene her eyes are closed and the camera slowly zooms in from a bird's eye view. We planned to film this shot while climbing a tree, so we could get the right angle for the scene. This shot is also artistic and has some features of the narrative. There is no clear narrative of our song and it is mostly metaphorical and conceptual, therefore so are our scenes. Another powerful scene we planned out is Noxa crushing a red rose and it turning into blood, which would symbolise how the Narcissistic Cannibal has crushed her and as well as that loss of innocence and destruction of purity. We will show this on the line "I just wanna break this crown" We will also have some isolation shots showing her alone on a hill. As well as isolation this will represent loss of identity and independence as she will be a silhouette in a dark colour. Some creative and expressive shots will be towards the end of the music video when the song becomes more intense at "Sometimes i hate the life i made" which is the start of the last verse. At this point the shots will have Noxa breaking things, escaping, throwing objects, crushing meaningful or symbolical items, splashing of paint will be involved making it artistic and expressive of her explosive feelings gushing out of her. These shots could be appropriate for the lines "Everything is wrong every time!". As well as these shots we will have one of her being captured by vines. This will be filmed in the forest, next to a wall or tree showing that she is restrained and trapped in this state of mind. This shot will be during the words "Pushing on i can't escape" There will also be random shots of Noxa exploring her purgatory, but making them meaningful as well, with the use of Mise-en-scene, lighting, colour, angles and camera movement. A shot we will have when she says "Holding on I'm lost in a haze" will be an over the shoulder shot of her watching her two separate paths and being confused about the direction she will take. This could symbolise heaven vs hell and her confusion of which path in life to take next. The forest is her time to reflect on life. It is in her mind. Metaphorical. Other shots will be in a dark space possibly with doll make up and Noxa hung on strings showing how powerless she is and how she is being controlled by the Narcissitic Cannibal.
The characters we consider having are the main singer - Noxa, She will be in most of the shots. We might include shots of the Narcissistic Cannibal and not revealing his identity showing, not his face but his dark intentions, through the use of colours - him wearing a black mask. We might also include figures wearing masks, which could be the voices in her head in the darkness, angel/devil etc.
For now our locations include a forest and dark room. The forest includes shots in various places such as on hills, bridge, lake, rocks, which are arranged in a ceremonial dark and sacrificial way which could be quite interesting to film. Our audience research helped us develop the perfect locations to film this video, as a lot of them said that a forest and a dark place was a perfect location for an alternative music video and when they heard the song they thought of a forest.
Some forms of Mise-en-scene we are going to use are props, but as well as that it is lighting and colour that is key for the effect we want to produce over the audience. In order to capture the perfect atmosphere we are going to use the dark room to film shots that play with lighting. For example only half of Noxa's face showing and the other half hidden by darkness, would be a good way to show good vs evil. We planned to use a white dress and white rose to show purity and we will destroy both to show the destruction of purity and innocence. We will also use white and black masks to show loss of identity and one's self. White masks will show innocence ( the good) and black masks will show a dark soul and evil intentions (the bad). As well as this for the doll scenes we will need doll make up and possibly fake blood and paint for some of the scenes.
The equipment we will need is very basic, as to film this we will not need a studio or green screens. We will need a camera, tripod, lights - for the dark room scenes and reflectors. We might need further equipment during the filming, but this is all we plan to use for now, as we have planned each shot thoroughly,
Certain difficulties we might experience are the high angles, as we plan to have quite a lot and they are mostly in the forest we might have to climb trees, which could be quite difficult and dangerous to do. As well as this our high angle shots will probably not be that stable, as we cannot use a tripod on a tree. We might have difficulties finding the right props, such as the white dress and use a black dress instead. A difficulty we may also experience is when filming certain shots, we can only film them once, so we would have to be extra careful while filming them and make sure it goes to plan or they would not look right, such as throwing black paint on the dress, we would have to practice throwing water beforehand and see what the effect we want to achieve would be.
Overall we want to create a meaningful and artistic music video with elements of narrative that would capture the star image of Noxa as an alternative dark and twisted musical performer with surreal, and possibly psychological style.
