Deciding storyline and fitting conventions

Today Leila and i decided to pull together a storyline for our music video. So far we have note form so i will discuss our potential ideas. We have decided to fit the conventions and stereotypes of Hip-Hop music. As the music isn't very aggressive, we are relying on our character to portray some anger and intimidation as this is one of the stereotypical conventions of Hip-Hop music. Another convention a lot of Hip-Hop music videos include are concepts of religion, therefore we have decided to introduce an aspect of religion within our character to show the audience her faith and religiosity even though she may be committing some unforgivable crimes. Furthermore, Laura's costume will be appropriate to the conventions of Hip-Hip genre, being loose fitted and dark. As we aren't fully concluding the ending of our music video we decided to stick to the stereotypes and conventions of our chosen genre so we can avoid confusing our viewers anymore.

 To open with we will take a clip from the end of our music video which involves Laura lying on the floor after a fight, we are hoping to incorporate some red flashing lights into this scene and the rest of our video, this will add a continuous red and blue theme of the law throughout.Then the next scene will involve layered photographs of our main character as a baby and child. This is to display the fact that she had innocence at some time in her life.Following will be side Close Up shot of Laura smoking a cigarette displaying tension in her face. We will cross the road across the street and film another shot of Laura from across the road. As a car passes we will develop onto the next shot involving Laura walking into a shop. ( We will ensure Laura purchases a bottle of a drink ) Laura will symbolise stealing the item from the shop to show a darker side to the viewers.
The next shot will involve filming a church, Laura will walk into the wide shot and walk up to the church. Before she enters the church, we will change the angle of the camera to high angle looking down on Laura, this will help the audience to understand that there is a certain 'godly judgement' on her as she goes to worship. The shot afterwards will involve Laura back on the street praying. This will indicate the character's religiously to viewers and reinforce the conventions. As Laura is sat on the street it will be a mid shot, however we will squat down to catch peoples legs walking past to add to the effect.
As the day progresses into dusk, Laura will act out taking a drug and shortly after she will laugh and pass out. We thought to be realistic and creative, as we show Laura regaining consciousness the next day, we will use a Point of View shot of the camera lying on it's side and sitting up, acting out the movements of a person. This will help the audience see through Laura's perspective and maybe feel slight sympathy for her. We will use distortion for this effect. We want to ensure that the character is approachable

The ending is undecided but we want to repeat a motif of Laura visiting a church to demonstrate her faith throughout her hard times of living on the street.