Reshooting.

A few days ago we re-filmed the opening of our music video. We decided during the editing that this part wasn't exactly how we wanted it, and the cakes that we had originally used weren't big or dramatic enough for a pop music video. After getting feedback from the audience and teachers we also decided to include different and more angles of the cake hitting the husband's face.

We also felt that the opening sequence was a little awkward. We had intended to use dialogue, after noticing that this along with intro's were an increasingly common feature in music videos, making them more like mini films. (For example Taylor Swift's-I Knew You Were Trouble and Lana Del Reys' Ride             

However, at the time we struggled with what the husband character should say. Once we watched our footage back from the original shoot it became clear that it needed this element, and we decided that the reading of the clue from a crossword would fit nicely. The added dialogue also allowed us to further develop our artists image. Her not replying and looking bored shows her as having little time for the husband, who does not directly ask her what the answer might be.

This scene shows a huge power status difference between the male and the female character, something that was very relevant for us. During the production of our music video as there has been a lot of controversy towards women's portrayal in music video. (For example Robin Thicke's- Blurred Lines and Lilly Allen's- Hard out Here) As an all female group, we felt that this issue was particularly relevant to us and to the song which describes a young girl leaving her partner, therefore we wanted to draw on this showing her originally as submissive to the male, but only somewhat, as half way through we show her with her Doc Martens on, something that connotes rebellion.                    Another thing we learnt from editing the original footage, was that it was very difficult to keep the tea cups and pot in the same places, to stop this from happening we found that we could place selotape markers on the table that indicated where objects went such as the tea cup and tea pot.

Overall we feel that the re shoot went well and we are all happy with the results. Feeling that this time our footage better reflects our ability and conveys the characters better.

Other things we changed/improved. 

• We changed his costume slightly to fit the 50s husband, adding suspenders and slicked back hair.
• We also decided to add in a extreme close up of the artist and the husband with there heads out of the frame, we thought that this would help add suspense which we often see in music video, where we dont see alot of the artist, just close up fragmented shots.
• We also changed the newspaper he was reading, and this was one of the main reasons we had to reshoot. The paper is now more formal.

Planning for Powder paint filming .

We have had to put off our filming for the powder paint shoot several times due to the weather. Because of this delay the powder we made had detoriated, therefore we have had to plan another way of sourcing the powder. We decided to buy it and then looked online, however, we couldn't be a sure of the colours and didn't feel it would come in time. Luckily we found some in a local shop. Another issue we have faced with the powder is whether or not it will stain, this has been problematic for deciding costumes as we don't want to buy or use something that will just end up ruined. This also limits the look of the extras in our filming as they will also be wearing old clothes that they don't want ruined. Therefore this aspect of our music video may not be a good as we wanted. However,  with limited resources we should have expected this.

Camera shot idea.

While in story-boarding I suggested to the group that we could try and create a shot where I do a hair flip, and the camera spins around me while I do this. We all thought this had potential to look really good in the video. However of course it also could be very difficult. This idea was inspired from a advert that I had seen recently where there are several of the phones around a circle.In the advert, different people step in an perform.



I have been trying to see whether or not this would realistically be possible for us. One way of recreating the shot is to use a large amount of cameras.Such as the advert I saw or the two videos above.

Ideas for Costume: Drama Studio.

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1950s Shoot

Here is some footage of us filming a few weeks ago for our 1950s shoot.

Making the Powder Paint

Setting up the Kitchen Sequence.

We set up the Kitchen scene to try and make it look old fashioned as it was meant to be 1950s esque. The tea cups, the cake stand, the teapot and the flowers all create an old fashion scene. When I looked at 1950s kitchens they had often had splashes of color. I used splashes of blue, this also gives the scene a masculine theme suggesting the male figure has more power.