A2 MEDIA

1. ARTIST
MISE-EN-SCENE
A2 MEDIA COURSEWORK

2. Birdy
■ Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde(born 15 May 1996), better known by her stage
name Birdy, is an English musician, singer and songwriter. She won the music competition Open Mic
UK in 2008, at the age of 12. Her debut single, a version of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love", was her
breakthrough, charting all across Europe and earning platinum certification six times in Australia.
■ Her self-titled debut album, Birdy, was released on 7 November 2011 to similar success, peaking at
number 1 in Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Her second studio album, FireWithin, was
released on 23 September 2013 in the UK.At the 2014 Brit Awards she was nominated for Best British
Female Solo Artist. Her third studio album, Beautiful Lies, was released on 25 March 2016.
■ Birdy learned to play the piano at the age of seven, and began writing her own music at the age of
eight. Birdy's stage name comes from the nickname her parents gave her as a baby, because she
opened her mouth like a little bird when being fed.
■ Birdy won the UK talent contest Open Mic UK, a spinoff of the Live and Unsigned competition. She
won both the under-18s category and the Grand Prize, against 10,000 other competitors.She
performed her own song, called "So Be Free", at the competition in front of 2,000 people.

3. My MusicVideo
■ Birdy has a consistent theme throughout the majority of her music videos that
involves a nature revolved mise-en-scene along with an indication of freedom.This is a
style I intend to keep within my music video. I would like to re-create this as I believe it
reflects the true nature of the artist.
■ I feel that the lyrics are similarly reflective of that I intend to have within my music
video, reinforcing the element of freedom and peace.
■ The narrative in my video will follow one of which is similar to Birdys, my protagonist
embarking upon an adventure with many natural and open spaced shots.
■ I believe it is important to reflect the meaning of the lyrics in the music video and I
believe I will be able to do this best by following the artist mise-en-scene Birdy self
creates and re-creating a similar self image for my main protagonist.