In the Skate Park

(1.18)

The Skate park proved to be a good place to film as there was different levels on which I could stand with the camera or I could ask the actors to go to. In this shot, the girls were sitting on a wall while I was standing above them with the camera filming them from a high angle. I thought that this angle brought the audience into the video as it is almost looking at the same view as what the actresses could see. The emphasis of this shot remains on Georgia as she is the protagonist.

Although this shot is also in black and white to show narrative, Georgia's hat as well as her guitar, are both pink and her hat is on her throughout the music video. We saw this as something that was iconic to her. By having a pink hat, she is symbolising a 'girl power' which is represented by the colours.

Bedroom 2 shot

(53 secs)

We filmed this all in one shot as we wanted to show how Georgia magically appeared on the bed. In this shot, Georgia is supposed to be a ghost like character so that only the audience can see her. We had difficulties with this shot as we could see the bed moving as Georgia got on it. The shot was supposed to pan from an empty bed onto our actor and then back to the bed, to where Georgia would have magically appeared, but as it was visible to see when she got on the bed. We had to break up the supposed to be one continuous shot with a side on close up of the actor and then a big close up of his computer screen with her message to him. The whole sequence filmed in this room however, was all done in one take.

To show that this shot is narrative we added the black and white effect to it. Other than that we didn't edit it except for adding the close ups as mentioned before. As we had many quick cuts we wanted to try having one long cut and see how it fit. We thought it worked well because it illustrated what we wanted it to, Georgia's random appearance on the bed.

The only lighting we used here was window light as it felt most natural and the two actors were positioned in the right place for the light to emphasise them yet not too light that the image is lost to the light.

Adobe Premiere Software

We're using this program to edit our video. We found that it was easy to manipulate and edit using it. There is a large range of effects which we intend to experiment with until we find effects we like.

So far we have used the black and white effect to differ between the band shots and narrative shots. Also we used 4 point garbage to bring to shots together and re-make them into one.

I find that sometimes accuracy is difficult as I have to be able to cut at an exact second which is easy to miss by a second. Equally, sometimes finding the appropriate effect is time consuming as there is such a wide range.

Looking at specific shots

(40 secs)

We used a simple idea for this shot. We found a black background in the studio and decided to set the camera up in different areas of the room and see what happened. The actress in the video was specifically told to wear black and pink so that she fit in with our chosen colour scheme. In most of the shots of her we asked her to stand still and only show that she's acting through her facial expressions. She often portrayed distress as the song is about wanting something she can't have. In this shot, she was allowed to move and show more actively what the words of the song are trying to portray.

The lighting on her was only from in front of her so that we could avoid shadows forming as much as possible and also lightens up the dark background. When we edited this part we decided to adjust the colour on it to give it a slight pink tint so that it wasn't so dark. The tint is subtle however, it is visible as it brightened up the shot obviously.

As she was going to be moving in this shot, we filmed it as a mid shot so that she wouldn't walk too far out the shot or disappear from it all together. We found that this was a good idea as it meant that she was able to move without having to worry about leaving the shot. We could have moved the camera to follow her if she moved too much but we decided we wanted it to be a still shot.