Tuesday 12th October

Filming In Progress

First verse and chorus

Today was the groups first filming session for the music video which took place at a friends house called Suffolk lodge. As a group we decided that the narrative would be a girl singing about her boyfriend/relationship and how unhappy she is and we thought that this fitted in and worked really well with the lyrics of the song. Originally we decided that as me playing the girl in the music video i would play two different sides to this character and innocent version and a much stronger confident, sexier character. But before we started filming we thought as group that this wouldn't be very clear. So Tom suggested that we start the character in her innocent state and as the song works through and picks up pace and tone we then decided to change her costume and character to a much more sexy and confident girl and this shows she is toughening up throughout the video. By showing she is becoming stronger we show this through the use of locations such as the streets and the wall shots and also by her costume its much more revealing than the innocent one. As the group were discussing loctaions Tom suggested that we use a very big old fashioned house to show that the innocent side of this girl leads a sheltered life which again links to the lyrics of the song. Andrew suggested that a friend of ours Louise had a big old fashioned house in which we could film in.

Arriving at Suffolk Lodge

When we got to Suffolk lodge as soon as the group looked at the house and stepped inside we knew it was the perfect house for the idea we had. Before we started filming we had chance to look around the house but at this stage we took pictures for our blogs. We all thought that it would be a good idea to start filming some shots of the gradens and the house itself just to introduce the audience to the location. While we were on our tour of the garden we came across a bench that we thought could come into use in the music video somewhere and Andrew suggested we use it in the first verse. Also while looking around the garden we came across a fence that looked very much like a cage so we thought we could film the girl in there to show that she is trapped. But the very first shots to be filmed with the actors in it was me and Tom. After the location shots were finished me and Tom rehearsed a short little scene that can be used in the first verse and possibly the instrumental while Andrew was taking pictures of us rehearsing, Josh was filming the front of the house outside. We also as a group tried to include a variety shots and angles including close-ups, Pans, Mid shots and Long shots of the house and the gardens.