So yesterday we went to the National Theatre rooftop to film performance shots including both Kati by herself and Kati with our actor Dexter, who is playing the boy in our music video. After we had finished filming here, we travelled back to Streatham, South London to film the first 'level' of our music video which is the shop robbery scene.
Below you can watch a video showing videos from behind-the-scenes today:
Just below you can also see a collection of photographs showing behind-the-scenes from when we were filming our performance shots yesterday:
In these photos you can see how we used a stabiliser tripod for all of our performance shots. We used this type of tripod because it is relatively easy to use and also means that our performance shots are never static which is what we want. We want to have lots of movement in our performance shots to make them more exciting and interesting for our audience. These photographs also show the different outfits that Kati was wearing. We used three different outfits for these performance shots in order to increase their variety which will keep our audience interested in our music video throughout. Below you can see separate photos showing the different outfits that we used:
The photo on the far left and the photo in the middle show Kati wearing quite typically feminine outfits, including skirts, high-heeled shoes, a crop top and an off-the-shoulder top. In the photo on the far left you can see how we added more to her outfit, using earrings, a choker necklace and we also put her hair in a high ponytail as a way of experimenting more with her hairstyle, and also as a way of increasing the variety of our performance shots. The picture on the far right shows a very different outfit to the other two. These other two outfits are rather summery and conventionally feminine, whereas the image on the far right shows Kati wearing a sparkly, silver jumpsuit. This jumpsuit gives her a strong 'party look', making her appearance more exciting for our audience. The way in which this outfit connotes themes of partying also relates to our audiences' interests as our audience is predominantly made up of teenagers and a key theme in their lives is partying, demonstrating the marketing side to the use of this particular outfit. In order to enhance this theme of the outfit of the jumpsuit, we also exaggerated her make-up:
In this image you can see how we added sequins to Kati's make-up for this, placing small sequin stars around her right eye. This enhances her 'party look' here, emphasising the connection between this and our target audience.
On the right here you can see the outfit that we used for Dexter, playing the role of the boy in our music video. This is the same outfit that he wears during the fourth 'level' of our music video, during the 'Mafia' scene. We decided to use this outfit because it reminds the audience how he is playing a game, and by wearing the same outfit as he is wearing in part of the game, it emphasises the whole narrative of our music video.As well as filming performance shots yesterday, we also filmed the first 'level' of our music video which is the shop robbery scene.
Below you are able to see photos of the shop that we used for this scene ('The Wine Leaf' off-license):
As you can see from these images, the shop we used is a conventional local store selling alcohol which was ideal for us and meant that we were effective in filming the shots that we had in mind for this scene.
Here are also a collection of photos taken from behind-the-scenes when we filmed the shop robbery scene:
From these photos you are able to see different types of shots that we filmed, such as over-the-shoulder shots (see bottom left image) and wide shots (see top right image). The picture in the bottom right-hand corner also shows myself holding a light with a purple gel over the top, giving a slight tinge to the person playing the shopkeeper in our music video. This 'shopkeeper' was actually one of our friends' (called Manav) and his family own this off-license and allowed us to film here, and we decided to use Manav because he has much experience of being a real shopkeeper, meaning that he could give a convincing portrayal of this character in our music video.
Overall, me and my group are all very pleased with how yesterday went. We managed to film lots of footage and complete another whole scene, demonstrating how we have become much more time-efficient. We also like the performance shots we filmed but we have decided that we are going to film more on Thursday around the Southbank as a whole area. This is because although we succeeded in increasing the variety of performance shots through a variety of different make-up, outfits and shot types, they are all in one location and we want to have different locations for our performance shots as well. However, before we go to film these on Thursday, tomorrow we are planning to film the fourth 'level' of our music video which is the 'Mafia' scene.
Come back again tomorrow to find out how it all went! See you soon!
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