Animal Report

In our film we intend to use a number of animals in our music video, which include both dogs and horses. As our song is 'Run Boy Run' we felt that including animals within our music video would be effective and especially capturing their movement. Another reason we are planning on using animals in our film is due to the fact that the past students work for the same song, which we looked at in detail and which overall gave us the inspiration to do this song, used animals in their music video and it turned out to be very effective and atmospheric.

We will be using two whippets for scenes that feature the 'peace' character. This is due to their elegant and dainty look as this will reflect a much natural and 'free' feel which is desire to reflect the nature of the character. We will be getting shots of them which will capture their graceful motions. We will also try to capture their speed as well as we want a shot of them running as this links to the song title 'Run Boy Run'.

For the scenes including the soldier we will be using a German Shepard. This is because the breed is associated with the police and military work, and have a reputation for being slightly vicious. This then links to the character and will contrast with the elegance of the whippets, which will make the dark and aggressive past of the soldier character clear to the audience.

We will also be using a horse in a couple of scenes which is featured in the photos. We decided to include a horse as we were really inspired by the past students work for the same song, this is because they made some lovely shots of a horse which were rather dramatic and quite powerful and we felt that the horse was effective for this song. Horses can also be used as a symbol for both war and peace so it works with our theme. Another aspect to point out would be that the 'hero' always appears on a steed so the concept of the peace character with the horse links to this. We will also be using shots of the horses feet to create quite a dramatic shot that also reflects the idea of movement.