Filming

The production team and I began filming on the 5th of December. Our intentions were to film a majority of the scenes in one day, as it would help with the continuity of the filming, furthermore, it meant that the characters looked the same throughout the music video. Although the team and I had decided to film from 10am, there were a number of problems that occurred which prevented the early start for filming. For example, the team had the intentions to set the first scene at April's house as there were large seating rooms, which was perfect for our 'dating scenes'. However, due to difficulty moving furniture the location had to be changed, hence the music video being filmed at a different location. This problem also caused much disorder when changing the setting, Mise en scene and lighting of the room, nevertheless, I overcame this problem by rethinking our storyboards and angles of the room, and by 12pm we were able to begin filming. This gave us sufficient time to film the main scenes in the music video, however once again due to problems involving the time we were not able to finish filming all the necessary scenes. We have now decided that the finishing scenes will be filmed at a later date, given that the cameras do not need to be returned.

We filmed the characters walking from a distance towards the camera, in order to create a jump cut effect between the characters. This revealed that all the characters were walking towards the same place, however it reinforced their diverse style, and even suggested their personality through their actions.

We also filmed our characters using a Medium Long shot, this was to show the protagonist female character comparing the three boys, as she has a chance to choose her love. The Medium Long Shot also allows the audience to choose between the three boys, based on their attire, body language and facial expressions.

We also filmed our dating scenes, however as the set of the filming was changed at the last minute, the lighting was a problem for our new setting, this led to the scenes appearing grainy. Nevertheless, we used Two Shots to emphasise the connection between the two characters.

Extreme Close Ups were filmed in order to highlight the aspects of the character's attire. This technique should influence the audience's ideas about the characters, moreover it indicates the characteristics of the character and suggests the storyline.