Change of Character

After considering that my character is only 4 years old, it's going to be hard trying to get him to be serious about it and act. I have tried to entice him with sweets and toys but he doesn't want to do it. So instead I think i'm going to use my sister: first trying to make her look like a boy, but if it doesn't work then I will use her as a girl and go with the idea of Daddy's little girl, if I do go with Daddy's little girl, there are a few things i'm going to have to change in the shot list.

My main character

This is Callum.

I think he would be ideal for the role of the son as he has a very sweet smile that would shine at the end of the music video to show his happiness of his father's return. Also, he is of a height and size that means the father's clothes will look far too big and therefore be obvious that they are his dad's clothes. I think he has very nice big blue eyes too which would work well as they are interesting to look at. Plus he is a good looking lad so would look good on screen in the music video.

However, a problem could be his tendency to be distracted very easily which may show in the in the music video if he doesn't follow my instructions.

Digipak Idea

I took a number of photos that I then edited in photoshop by manipulating the grain and colours of the pictures.

The first picture is 3 different pictures of my friend Matt posing, I then merged the three pictures together to make it look like there are three men posing.

The second picture is of Callum wearing a hat, at the time he was eating cereal and tugging on his hat, in photoshop I was able to remove the cereal and make it look like headphones and dancing.

The bottom image is a manipulated picture that I took of 3 guys sitting in a cafe. I removed their seats and the table using photoshop.

I think these would work well as Digipak images as they are intriguing and eye catching. The front and back of the album include three men so can represent the three band members.

Statistics and Facts (divorce and family)

69% of divorces were granted to the wife, of which, 52% were granted based on the husband's behaviour.

53% of couples divorced had at least one child age less than 16.

27% of custodial single mothers and their children live in poverty.

12.9% of custodial single fathers and their children live in poverty.

Approximately 84% of custodial parents are mothers.

54% of custodial mothers are raising one child from the absent parent.

39.1% of custodial single mothers are 40 years old or older.

Divorce

http://www.civitas.org.uk/pubs/experiments.php

When I was researching in to statistics about divorce, I stumbled across this page. After reading the first page I was shocked and appauled. I couldn't believe that being fatherless could have such a influential effect on the child and mother and their futures.
From reading about this experiment and researching in to facts about Divorce and seeing that in most cases it is the mother left with the children and a large 52% of divorces in the USA were granted due to the father's behaviour. Another large percentage that I was shocked to see was that 53% of couples divorced had at least one child less than 16 years old. I think because divorce, break-ups and one parent families are so common these days; my music video idea will impact a lot of people. It will hopefully inspire emotion and pent up aggression to be released through watching it, because the audience can relate and sympathise with the story and its characters. Therefore, the song is no longer a means of entertainment, it will become an emotional tune for the listener to empathise with and associate with longing of wanting family members or friends to come back home.

A reply from Two Door Cinema Club Management

Location Still Images

This will be the counter where the mum will be standing over crying. It will also be where the boy will walk past in one set of clothes and go past in another to show change of time and day.







Where my sister is pictured, will be the little boy in the first scene, and the parents will be arguing behind, perhaps the dad outside the door with the mum inside the room. To show the seperation already.






Where the stick figures been drawn is where the little boy will be seen from the dad viewpoint as he drives away. But the silver car won't be there at that point. It's a good shot because the boy is sheltered and looks small and timid.







There will be quite a few scenes in this garden where the boy will carry out 'manly' jobs such as gardening, digging and working out. I will try change the lighting using electrical light to show different times of day etc.