After the camera had been fully charged we started filming our pre-song material. Sophie and Tom situated themselves in front of a large window, whilst improvising an argument. These two actors were chosen due to their past experience in GCSE and AS Drama, therefore they can act naturalistically and most importantly be believed by the viewers of the music video, therefore increasing their engagement within the video and reinforcing the very important audience, viewer relationship. This shot was shot, using the camera outside the window, looking in. It initially was too small and cut half of the actors’ faces, so we placed the camera on top of an easily transported table, therefore refraining from using hand cam. We left the door to the house open so that the actors knew when we were filming. We did this shot about four times so that later on in the editing process we would have enough material if errors or unsuitable shots occurred.
After this we started filming the first verse of the music video starting with the lyrics “go down”. We filmed these shots of Sophie, who sung the lyrics aloud, to refrain from miming errors. We used several camera angles and levels to film the same verse to use more angles in the music video and make it look more exciting. We used the laptop, held by Louise, to project the sound of the track so that Sophie knew exactly when to sing. The setting behind the bench really highlighted her vulnerable, naive character and the white top and light coloured jeans also reinforced this. The bare feet also increased this emotion and also portrayed that the character is quite insecure but sometimes quite open, and weak. The bare feet also create intertexuality to Diana Vickers’s performances on ITV’s X Factor whilst she was performing, and also in her own music video “The Boy Who Murdered Love”.
After this we started to film the first scenes of Sophie, once transformed to her alter ego. These scenes consisted of Sophie singing the first chorus and section before the chorus. This section was filmed inside a three walled and roofed wooden brown gate. This gave the impression of entrapment, therefore linked to her alter ego character quite well. On the right side of the gate, thorns and branches were intertwined around the holes and wood, this symbolises her hurt and the difficult situation which she is unable to sort out. During filming, the sunlight, due to it being early afternoon, was shining on Sophie’s face. This for her was a bit of a distraction, however in terms of the camera and pictures the sun shone, almost like a scar on her face, which could represent her stressful, angry life and the fact that she could have been hurt in the past which can’t be healed.
(above is a drafting filming video from our first filming sessions - taken mostly on my digital camera)
These videos were captured to show our team in action during our filming sessions and to have an inital feel of the video before we filmed loads of content.
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