Chapter 18 - Filming & It's Complications

After spending two weeks on filming my music video I have now completely finished filming and will begin editing next week. Whilst filming I came across several problems that meant that either changes had to be made to the story board or the settings for certain scenes had to changed. Most of the problems I had were with the mise en scene; outdoor scenes had to be filmed quickly and at the right time as we are coming up up to christmas and day light was minimum.

One of the scenes that was meant to be recorded in the lower light was difficult to film as the camera struggled to make out the three actresses walking towards it and so that shot had to be changed to be a scene walking down the main street.

My main issue was the time of year that I was aiming for. When looking at the story board we find that there are lots of shots that include the sun and so we struggled to get shots with the sun (especially when weather had been extremely bad). The outcome for this was to change the time of year from summer to winter.

Chapter 17: Cast

When it came to casting, I found it difficult to get three females that suited the specification precisely and so I had to settle with three girls that were the closest to the spec. Even after narrowing the field down massively, I still struggled to find three girls that fit the spec, until I stumble across three girls who was exactly what I needed for my video.

Sian Scott:

Daisy Kelly-Fletcher:

Tamaryn Smith:

These three girls are currently staying at the Boarding House at Thomas Adams College while they are studying their A- Levels. This tiny bit of information about the girls indicates that these girls are about 17 years of age, this is the precise age that I was wanting. The reason I was wanting my actresses to be this particular age is so my music video would target the younger audience and attracting a larger audience.

When it came to the appearance of the three girls, there were a few complications, as they didn't fit the specification for each of the characters but after spending three days with them, I quickly decided that their individual personalities made up it.

Tamaryn Smith is known to be the more educational one and is always found reading books or doing coursework, while Daisy is the more outgoing one of the three, she is seen running around and always chatting to people. Sian on the other hand is known to be a quiet person but when she is with her closest of friends, she becomes a giggly and funny character. These points alone was the reason why I chose the personality over the looks.

Spending several days with these girls before recording has made me begin to think about certain aspects of my music video. I also began to think of the narrative of my music video and decided that I am going to make my video more of a general view on friendship.