Production - Review of each filming session

Session 1 : We began by deciding to shooting the video in chronological order. The first scene we began filming in front of the white background, however we decided we didn't like the look of the white background and began with the black. We found this worked much better as it meant the background set the mood for the beginning of the video which is sad. We experimented with various angels and costumes.

Session 2 : After looking back at the footage from the previous shoots, we decided to add in some white background shots for the beginning of the video as it would create a contrast using the two different backgrounds. Again we tried different angels and costumes.

Session 3 : We then moved on to begin shooting the chorus. We experimented with the two backgrounds. We attempted filming the shoot by zooming out and moving backwards and discovered we didn't like the look of this and decided to take shots of the chorus from many different angles, so that we could cut between each one.

Session 4 : We then revisited the first section of the video as we decided to add more movement of the camera into the video and to show voyeurism as this is a typical convention of a pop music video. We carried on with the white background, and panned the camera around the artist to capture different parts of the body as this would work along side the lyrics.

Session 5 : We carried on filming for the chorus. The lighting became a problem because it was too dark and so we had to add more lighting to brighten it up.

Session 6 : We began filming the second verse. We started filming with some close up shots and decided that we wanted a wider range of shots. We then decided the lighting wasn't bright enough and so we added some more lighting. Again we took several shots from many different angles. We also got the artist to try various different movements to add to the mood of the video. We then thought that we should put across the idea of her not being in control and added a string to her to make her look like a puppet.

Session 7 : For this shot we wanted a really high angle so as to make her look small, However the tripod was too short for this which was a problem. To over come this we we're able to find stable table we could place the tripod on which gave us the perfect angle to film from. We then moved on to filming some more close ups. We had to get the artist to cry which took some time.

Session 8 : This was the last shoot we had to do. We used a large dark drama studio, as it meant there was plenty of black background. We began with some standard long shots and decided we wanted something more interesting. We got a large black box and placed it on the floor. We had some lighting issues as we wanted a really dark room, and the curtains didn't cover the natural lighting. We were able to overcome this by taping them together. We then decided to have a birds eye view angle while the artist was laying down. We also thought we would experiment with lighting and used flashing lights as this would add a dramatic effect. We tried fast and slow flashing a decided a fast flash worked the best and slowed it down at the end and dimmed the lighting. We thought this worked really well.