Aim: To head back to Suffolk lodge and re-film all the shots the either didnt work properly or gaps that need to be filled in the editing section
Today and yesterday as a team we managed to complete our final session of filming for the music viedo. In all the day was very successful and we managed to get all the shots done including some new last minute ideas. The main footage that we needed to re-film was the bits in the cage, wall and street this is because the white balance on the other shots are very poor and the quilty is not very good. The other reason for filming these shots are because all the other shots that were successful look very sharp and very good quality and we wanted to continue this throughout the video to make it look as good as we could. Unfortunately Josh was not present at either of these filming sessions for unknown reasons but the group worked on and got everything that needed doing done and we came out with some really good quality shots.
First set of shots: Make-up, corset/transformation shots
As we were editing the group noticed that from the vulnerable girl into the wild stronger character the transformation between the two characters was very quick and unexplained so we agreed that we really needed to shoot some more shots basically explaining how shes transforms into this confident character. And by not having these longer shots of the transformation the audience would not notice and they would be poitnless shots but thats not what we intended, we wanted them to get the idea that this girl is growing with confidence and is about to go on a journey so tom then came up with the idea of longer shots letting the audience see her getting changed and putting on her make-up to make the transformation crisp and noticable. To start with we filmed the shots of me in the inoccent outfit first to make things a bit quicker so we started with the shots were i am looking out the window and through a photo album, these shots were intended to again show the innocence of this girl and to deepen the narrative of her relationship with her boyfriend and the meaning of the song. These shots are designed to slot into the instrumental at the beginning of the music video after you have seen parts of the argument. After we were happy with how the previous shots were we then moved on to film some more shots so we had a bit more variety with shot selection, we decided to film me singing on the bed the first verse still in my innocent costume still, These shots are designed to show that she is fed up with her relationship and shes had enough which then leads the sequence to when shes getting ready. These shots also link in with the lyrics (Here goes another night). The reason for choosing this bedroom was so it really deepens her vulnerablity and shows that she has lived there all her life and hardly ever goes out which shows her isolating herself. Another reason for choosing this set was to really get across to the camera that she feels safe in her bedroom in order to express all these feelings and shows that she is a typical girl and spends her time in her room dwelling on things. At this point when i was lying singing on the bed towards the side into the camera i decided i wanted to move the camera for more of an interesting shot so Tom stood on the bed above me for a birds eye veiw shot of me singing below him which really shows how vulnerable this character is and by looking at the camera enhances the connection with the audience. This shot was very difficult to film as tom was on the bed also and had to steady the camera during the shot. Web then tried another shot that didnt really work and was tricky to film this shot consisted of me getting off the bed quickly and walking away showing that i was getting stronger as a character but this didnt really work as the shot looked very under performed so we decided not to include it. We then filmed a range of shots showing shes getting stronger and becomes more confident in herself. A shot of me pulling the corset out from the wardrobe really worked well even though we just thought of taking that shot incase we didnt have anything else to slot in but in the end this worked really well. We then had a shot of me actually putting the corset on which fitted in with the transformation. We then tried something different with this next shot we decided to move the camera behind me so you could see me putting the make-up on in the mirror and with the camera not in sight this shot looked professional. The next shot was a close up of me zipping up my heels as a filler for the chorus or instrumental. The reason for using the mirror was to make the audience think that they are also looking into to her life and seeing what this girl is going through and doing. During some of these shots we have tried to add in some sex appeal to the character and by doing this we can see in the shot of me putting my corset on which part of my back is showing which will create sex appeal that a male audience will like and many female artists include in their videos.
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