Information about my 6th day of filming for my A2 Level Media Music Video.

2. LOCATION
• I FILMED THIS IN MOLLIE’S DAD’S FLAT. I WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE ASTEREOTYPICAL FLAT TO MATCH THE
THEME RUNNING THROUGHOUT MY MUSIC VIDEO.
• OBVIOUSLY SINCE WE WERE INSIDE THERE WAS A LOT OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING SO THE FOOTAGE WAS A
HIGH RESOLUTION.
• I DIDN’T HAVE TO CHANGE MUCH IN THE FLAT APART FROM MOVE SOME THINGS OUT OF THE FRAME SO
THAT IT DIDN’T TAKE ATTENTION AWAY FROM WHAT I WANTED THE AUDIENCE TO LOOK AT.

3. PROPS
• IN ORDER TO SHOW THE PASSING OF THE DRUGS- WE NEEDED SOME DRUGS TO PASS! WE USED A SMALL
PLASTIC BAG WITH WHITE POWDER IN TO SYMBOLISE COCAINE.
• WE ALSO PUT SOME OF THE WHITE POWDER INTO TIN FOIL, AS THIS IS ANOTHER WAY IT WHICH IT CAN
BE RECOGNISED BY THE AUDIENCE.
• AN OYSTER CARD IS USED TO SEPARATE THE DRUGS INTO LINES. AN OYSTER CARD IS FOR THE
UNDERGROUND IN LONDON, AND THEREFORE IS SHOWING THE AUDIENCE SETTING AND INFORMATION
ABOUT THE GIRL.

4. SHOWING THE AUDIENCE THE DRUGS
• IN ORDER TO SHOW THE AUDIENCE THE DRUGS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTANDTHE SCENE, I FILMED A
CLOSE-UP SHOT OF DAN FLICKING THE DRUGS AND THE BAG SWINGING BACK AND FOURTH.
• IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS DAN I WEARING A WHITE TOP, THIS TAKESTHE ATTENTION AWAY FROM
HIM SO THAT THE AUDIENCE FOCUSES ON THE DRUGS.
• I THEN FILMED A MID-SHOT WHERE YOU COULD SEE DAN’S FACE AND THE DRUGS. HOWEVER, I FELT THAT
THIS TOOK THE AUDIENCES VIEW POINT AWAY FROM WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SHOW THEM.

5. PASSING THE DRUGS
• I FOUND IT HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT WAY TO SHOW THIS TO THE AUDIENCE SO THAT IT WAS CLEAR WHAT
THEY WERE DOING.
• THE BEST WAY THAT I DID IT WAS BY MOLLIE AND DAN STANDING OPPOSITE EACH OTHER, DAN THEN
GRABBING MOLLIE’S HAND AND PUTTING THE DRUGS INTO HER HAND.
• I DID THIS BY USING A MID-SHOT TO CLOSE-UP SO THAT THE FOCUS WAS ON THEIR HANDS AND THE
RELUCTANCE OF MOLLIE PUTTING HER HAND OUT TO SHOW THAT SHE DIDN’T WANT TO TAKE THEM.

6. SHOWING THE FEAR
• TO SHOW THAT MOLLIE DIDN’T WANT TO DO THE DRUGS I USED A CLOSE-UP OF HER FACE LOOKING
SCARED WITH HER EYES LOOKING DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA LENS. I DID THIS IN A NUMBER OF ANGLES
BUT STRAIGHT IN FRONT LOOKS THE MOST EFFECTIVE.
• TO SHOW THAT DAN DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING AND THE SEVERITYOF THE DRUGS HE HAS I ALSO
WANTED TO SHOW THE SAME FEAR ON HIS FACE. I POSITIONED HIM IN THE SAME PLACE AS MOLLIE AND
MIRRORED THE SHOT THE I TOOK OF MOLLIE. I THINK THAT IN MY EDITING PROCESS THE SHOTS WILL
LOOK GOOD OVERLAPPED.

7. SHOWING THE FORCE
• IN ORDER TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT DAN WAS FORCING MOLLIE TO TAKE THE DRUGS I SAT MOLLIE DOWN
ON THE BED, WITH DAN STANDING OVER HER TO SHOW THAT HE HAS THE POWER.
• SIMILARLY TO THE SHOT OF THE PASSING OF HE DRUGS, HE PUTS HIS ARM OUT AND PUTS THE DRUGS
INTO MOLLIES FACE.
• I HAVE ALSO USING A PANNING SHOT GOING UP OF MOLLIE LOOKING DOWNWITH THE DRUGS IN HER
HAND. BY HER LOOKING DOWN AT THEM IT SHOWS SHE IS ABOVE THEM. THE LOOK OF WORRY IS ALSO
SHOWN ON HER FACE.

8. THE TAKING OF THE DRUGS
• INSTEAD OF SHOWING THE TAKING OF THE DRUGS, I SHOWED THE PREPARATION OF THE DRUGS, THIS IS
BECAUSE I WANTED MY MUSIC VIDEO TO BE SUITABLE FOR MY TARGET AUDIENCE.
• I SHOWED MOLLIE SEPARATING THE DRUGS INTO LINES ON A SIDEBOARD WITH AN OYSTER CARD. I DID
THIS SHOT AS A CLOSE-UP AND AS A MID-SHOT.
• THE CLOSE-UP I DID HAD THE BETS DETAIL AS YOU CAN SEE THE DRUGS IN THE FOIL ON THE SIDE SO THE
AUDIENCE CAN LINK THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER.

9. SHOWING THEIR RELATIONSHIP
• AS I MENTIONED IN AN EARLIER BLOG POST, I WANTED THE AUDIENCE TOUNDERSTAND THAT THE TWO
PEOPLE WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUST.
• I DECIDED TO SHOW THIS THROUGH THE USE OF SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MOLLIE AND DAN.
• SIMILARLY TO THE TAKING OF THE DRUGS, I WANTED MY VIDEO TO MY SUITABLE TO MY TARGET
AUDIENCE AND THEREFORE COULDN’T SHOW ANY SEXUAL ACTS. INSTEAD IDECIDED TO IMPLY IT BY BACK
SCRATCHING DOWN DAN’S BACK WITH THE RED LIPSTICK SO THE AUDIENCEUNDERSTOOD THE CONTEXT.
• THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS WAS BY A MID-SHOT TO LONG-SHOT OF DAN’S BACK WITH MOLLIE STOOD IN
FRONT OF HIM SO YOU COULD ONLY SEE HER HANDS.

10. EVALUATION OF FILMING
• I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING ALL OF THE FOOTAGETHAT I NEED IN ORDER TO PORTRAY
THE SCENE HOW I INTENDED IT.
• ONE THING THAT I NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF IS THAT MY FOOTAGE IS APPROPRIATE FOR MY TARGET
AUDIENCE AS I DON’T WANT TO RESTRICT WHO CAN VIEW IT.
• I DON’T THINK I WILL HAVE TO DO ANY RE-FILMING AS I MADE SURE I TOOK A LOT OF FOOTAGE.