Time: 9am
Location: Bigg's house
On Wednesday we filmed part of the opening sequence including our first shots with extra actor Joe! In this short sequence we wanted to portray our story line (Joe cheating on his girlfriend with 4 other girls.) As we wanting to be more invloved with making the video we had already decided that our extra actres Emily was going to play Joes girlfriend while we played the 'other women.' Our shots with Joe didn't take long as we only planned to use them so they would take up a maximum of 4 seconds in our music video.
To begin, we filmed Sophie and Joe in a medium close up on the sofa. This was well framed as we could adjust the camera so the actors were at either end within the shot. This shot included Joe giving Sophie a ring; this would show happiness within Joe's first relationship also adding drama to the overall story line. Sophie also held a cup of tea to make the situation seem more realistic. To avoid awkwardness we had the actors talk to each other while filming, this also created a natural feeling within a homely environment. We had planned to film our flashbacks in black and white but just in case this didn’t work we filmed in colour and we could edit the shots later on the computer.
The next shot was of Laura and Joe. We decided to film this in the kitchen. As the room was quite small it made it extremely easy to frame as we could include many props. We decided to use a medium close up so that the two were well displayed. Again this was a double shot as the two clinked glasses and drank wine (we used cranberry juice and placed a wine bottle in the middle). By using the kitchen this portrayed another natural feeling displaying that Joe was comfortable in another relationship.
Our third shot was in the bedroom, this included Jodie with Joe. We decided not to use the bed as it was harder to frame an effective shot, instead we chose to have Jodie doing her hair in the mirror as Joe comes and hugs her from behind. Again this was a medium close up and showed both actors' body language very well. It took several attempts to adjust the correct height and angle of the camera due to capturing both actors at the right height.
Finally, we filmed Joe and I. We decided to film this in the living room but this time by the window. The room was very bright giving us great lighting to work with and no need for interior lights. This shot was a close up to emphasis on Joe cheating on Emily. We decided this shot would be used last out of the sequence as it builds a dramatic climax. I had to tip toe into the kiss in order to match our height differences.
Although our sequence of shots from Bigg’s house was only going to be small, we had to make sure we had a variety to choose from. By using the house and props effectively we were able to portray a homely feeling which creates a bigger drama to Joe cheating on Emily. Overall, our filming was successful and i believe we captured enough to create striking flashbacks.
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