Moodboard

This moodboard is a representation of the items that my Media group and I plan on using during the creation of our music video in order to manufacture a Wild Western atmosphere. This is achieved through the use of items like rifles, Spanish styled guitars, sombreros and Stetsons as they uphold connotations of 19th Century Mexico and America.

 We took inspiration from several Western films in order to capture the Western stereotype grown from such films as 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' (1966) and 'Young guns' (1988).

 Also, in order to address the conventions in relation to the hard rock genre, we are going to include multiple performance shots to show the mix of concept and performance within the video. Just like other videos from this genre, close ups on instruments being played will also be featured.

Costumes

Our group has played around with many ideas for costumes and their designs. For the beginning of the video, we decided to match the theme of the opening music. Because the music is Mariachi styled, the clothing that we plan on featuring is a poncho, a sombrero and, to match the pre-existing stereotype of Hispanic people, a fake, bushy moustache.



After the introduction to the video, the main song will start. The song that we're performing is Dead or Alive by Jon Bon Jovi. To fit in with the lyrics and the Wild Western style of the song, we will feature cowboy outfits. The costumes will include cowboy hats, neckerchiefs, jeans and potentially boots with a plaid shirt.

Location

There is still some debate in terms of the location that our group will use to record our music video. Our previous intentions were to do the filming in a family member's pub called The Perch Rock in New Brighton. However, we debated the idea and realised that there would be a significant struggle to record outside of working hours and that would usually leave us with the early hours of the morning to record in and not every member of our group may be able to make it for that time.



In order to be prepared for the worst case scenario in not using the pub, our group had to agree on another potential location for filming. Another member of the group has a family run business in the form of a Mexican restaurant. With some of our music video donning a Hispanic theme, using a Mexican restaurant to film in fits perfectly with the mise en scene of the video. The restaurant is called Sombreros and it's located just inside Tranmere. The location of the restaurant itself is also ideal as it's relatively close to all members of the group.