Sequence: Shots for all the different sections of our video
Today and yesterday the team completed our final sessions of filming for our music video. This included some new footage from a new idea I created during last week and re-filming of the cage, wall and street sequences from the second filming session. We decided to re-film these sections because we were not happy with the quality and white balance of the original shots and want everything to be of the highest quality in the finished product. Josh was absent from both of these filmings sessions for unknown reasons and unfortunately was not involved in the filming of the new shots or re-filmed sections, but although we were one member down the group worked well and achieved everything we had aimed to do.
Bedroom and Transformation Sequence During editing last week we realised the transition the girl makes from vulnerable to stronger and confidient was too quick with no explanation to how it was done. Therefore the audience would not notice what we intend them to, which is the girls journey and changing character- the main narrative throughout our video. To rectify this I came up with the idea of the audience seeing her get fed up and then changing into her new persona and costume. To start with we filmed some shots of her looking out of the window and looking through a photo album of her and her boyfriend to deepen the narrative of the song and the relationship with her boyfriend. These will be placed in the opening instrumental after the arguement sequence. We then filmed some shots of her singing the section before the first chorus on her bed, which showed her getting fed up of being mistreated by her boyfriend (linking to the lyrics Here goes another night, I sit and hold on tight). We chose the setting of her bedroom because it deepens her initial vulnerability and how she has lived a sheltered life with her big, colourful bedroom. Singing on her bed is also a symbol of intimacy and where someone feels safe. In addition it is a domestic item that everyone can relate to and reinforces how the girl is normal- before she changes to become stronger. I filmed her using a high angle shot and bird's eye view shot to represent vulnerability and so she could look at the camera and further make a connection with the audience. To film the bird's eye view I placed the camera on the bed, and pointed it down to look over Sophie. This was tricky because the bed was unstable and bouncy but I managed to keep it still to capture a steady shot. We tried to film Sophie getting off the bed singing as the girl gets fed up and starts to become stronger however it was difficult for Sophie to get off the bed whilst performing so we decided to not include this shot. We then filmed a series of shots that act as the girls transformation from vulnerable to strong, confidient and sexy. We film a close up of her hand snatching the corset out of the wardrobe, a shot that looks into a mirror reflecting her putting the corset on, a shot looking into the mirror which reflects her putting her make up on and a close up of her zipping her heels up. Each shot introduces a new part of her new persona- the costume, the look and the shoes and we intend for these to flash up and down to the beat of the fast section before the chorus before revealing the new image as the first chorus starts. We chose to film into a mirror because it reflects the audience looking into her life, creates an interesting visual image of seeing the back of her in the corner of the screen and the front of her in the mirror and it literally links to her looking in the mirror putting her clothes and make-up on. In the shot of her putting the corset on the audience will see part of the artist's back, this will futher create sex appeal that a male audience will enjoy and mimic what many female artists portray in their videos.
Re-filming of Cage Sequence The original footage of the cage sequence was really good and we were happy with the quality of the shots but the reason we re-filmed this section was because we felt that we needed more of it to place throughout the music video. Therefore Sophie sung the section before the second chorus and the second chorus in this setting to add to the footage we had of her singing the first chorus here. We also filmed outside of the 'cage' section against the fence a little further on for a new sequence where Sophie climbed onto the fence and lent towards the camera to show the artist's growing agression and to match the song becoming more upbeat. This shot when put to the music and the lyrics 'For being so, for being so twisted!' will look really effective.
Re-filming of Wall Sequence After this we went back to the streets we used for filming before and re-filmed the shots with Sophie at the side of the wall, leaning against the wall and moving around with the wall behind for the second verse and chorus sections of the song. We re-filmed these shots because we were not happy with the quality of the original shots. It seemed when Josh put the white balance setting to 'auto' the camera did not seem to adjust well automatically to each setting like it should and as a result the shots were very bright, particularly round Sophie's face and so they were not very clear. This time I made sure I manually set the white balance every time we changed the setting and the angle of the shots to make sure the quality of the shots was a lot better. Looking back on them now it seemed to work. (For a full description on these shots and how they were filmed see the second filming session post where we originally filmed them)
Instrumental and Bridge Sequence After I filmed all the shots mentioned so far Andrew took over as cameraman for the next shots. He first re-filmed the handheld walking sequence for the final chorus Josh filmed in the second filming session as again we were not happy with the quality of the white balance or clarity of the shot. Like before I aided Andrew by reminding him to move back at the same time as Sophie stepped forward so the shot remained as a mid-shot and did not get futher away. Whilst filming this shot the wind was blowing the leaves on the ground which looked effective, in an effort by me to make the leaves more obviously blowing so they could be seen by the audience I threw some in the show however when watching it back it looked very artificial so we filmed the shot again without me doing it. After this Sophie and Andrew had the idea of Sophie walking through the leaves that were on the ground and kicking them at the camera to be used in the lead up to the end of the song as the agression of the artist comes to a climax as the song becomes more upbeat before it ends, so Andrew filmed this shot. With the leaves flying toward the camera it will look exciting and effective- almost like a 3D effect but without it coming out the screen! They also had the idea of Sophie sitting on the curb in the leaves not singing (the setting can be seen in the third of the pictures above)<> and filming this at several angles to be placed in the intstrumental. We also filmed her singing the bridge section of the song before the final chorus in this position. We filmed the shots using a side on (camera on the right looking to the left towards Sophie) mid-shot and a low angle shot to reflect how the artist is now in a more powerful position to the vulnerable state before. The wind was blowing whilst these shots were being filmed and gave a great effect of Sophie's hair blowing in the wind, this will look really effective in the final video. We chose the sitting in the leaves position because it conveys the journey the artist goes on through the video- as she goes from vulnerable to strong she moves from the safety of her big house, bedroom and green garden to a murky street with brown leaves.
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