MUSIC VIDEO
Everyday of the week our group would be up in the Seward Studio filming for our music video and would sometimes have to get in early in order to set up the lighting and props for the day. Originally, Eleanor was supposed to be performing in studio shots but due to medical reasons she was unable to and so I had to perform in her place. This led to some issues arising as I had not practiced the lip sync and needed to find outfits that fit me. However, we resolved this quickly as I had suitable outfits at home and learnt all the lyrics in my spare time.
Monday
On this day we decided to do our most simple set up which was the white one as it didn't require coloured lighting or fancy make-up. Eleanor prepared the set up for this day by blowing up balloons and setting out the boxes that I was able to sit on. We wanted to create a natural make-up look for this set up because it would contrast nicely to the other more bold pink and blue looks, as well as having my hair in a ponytail, although we did emphasise the ponytail by backcombing my hair to make it bigger and more obvious.
Below is a clip that shows my hair and make-up style.
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| White set up |
The day was good and everything went according to plan, allowing us to experiment with different shots such as dolly shots which we didn't use in our rough cut. The difficulty with these shots was getting the camera to track smoothly and making sure the studio couldn't be seen in the shots. Eleanor overcame this by moving the camera more slowly and marking where to stop the dolly.
We also tried some tighter close ups so as to give our video more of a variety, rather than just using long and mid shots for the whole thing. We discovered that it is actually a convention of music videos to have close ups of the artist's face to draw the audience in and engage them.
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| Example of experimenting with close ups |
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| Focusing the camera |
Tuesday
On this day we did our blue set up which involved a bolder look for make up, consisting of bright blue eye shadow to make my eyes stand out. Our set was made up of the boxes and rose petals scattered across the floor. We had saved our blue lights set up in the test shoot, however, there was technical difficulties during our shoot week with some of the colours not working, so we had to play around with the lights again until they were how we wanted. As a result of the colours not working, the blue background was less pigmented than we had hoped.
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| Behind the scenes photo of our setup |
Having mastered how to do the dolly shot the day before during the white set up, we were able to use this shot again in the blue set up. It adds variety to the video and gives the audience a different perspective of the performance.
Below is an example of the dolly shots we got.
On this day we decided to experiment with some other shots such as a bird-eye view over mine and Jack's face with petals scattered around our heads. We wanted to try this so that we would have a choice of shots to use when it came to editing.
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| Behind the scenes of Eleanor taking the shot |
In order to take this shot, we had to move the lights around so that mine and Jack's faces were lit up without a shadow being cast over our faces.
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| Eleanor and I moving the lights around |
At the end of this day, we had some spare time so we decided to take a wrap video explaining some of the roles we had, what difficulties we faced and how we overcame them. This video can be seen below.
Wednesday
On this day we did our pink set up which required the most bold hair style (space buns), which Pru and Eleanor did for me. I did my make up myself, using pink eye shadow to make my eyes stand out. Our set up was the same as before, except this time we used pink lollipops scattered across the floor rather than blue petals.
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| Picture of our pink set |
On this day, the only performance complication we encountered was when Jack and myself had to do the lollipop shots where we had to bring a lollipop to our mouths and then look at each other and smile. It was hard to get the timing right for this shot as we couldn't look at each other when bringing the lollipop up initially. Also, the framing was difficult to perfect because we are different heights. However, we were able to overcome these issues and ended up getting a nice shot.
On this day we also did some dolly shots so that we could cut between the dolly shots of each colour when it came to editing. Below is a video of the dolly shots we got.
This was my favourite day because I was able to relate to the artist the most as I was wearing clothes that I felt confident in and would wear myself in everyday life. I also enjoyed getting my hair because I felt like a real performer.
Thursday
We dedicated this day to getting pick up shots where we needed them but it turned out that we only needed to get some close ups and so didn't spend much time filming. Instead, we started editing and went through the rushes from the previous three days, eliminating any shots that weren't good and renaming the ones that we kept.
Friday
As we had gotten all our filming shots already, we had the whole of this day to take our studio promo shots. Jack and I had to bring a range of clothing and outfits in order to make the shots interesting and different. Most of our shots we took together but got some individual ones as well for the website 'photos' page. We aimed to get shots of us looking close to draw attention to the fact that we are in a relationship and are also best friends. We took a range of photos but consisting of 4 different outfits. A few of the photos we took can be seen below.
We also took photos that would appear on the front of our digipak design. These were close up shots of Jack and I, with just skin showing so that we would appear like stripped back artists, making music that is true to ourselves.
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