Media

1. Things that went well…
Cinematography:
 We filmed multiple takes of the same setting/person from different
cinematography perspectives e.g. high angle, extreme close-up
and mid-shot of the rides in Southend.
 Also, we filmed a great shot of Rosie and Liam hugging whilst
standing on the beach with the sunset and the sun’s reflection on
the water right behind them. This created a silhouette effect which
was very cinematic and will look good in our music video to create
a serene and romantic mood that will later be contrasted by darker
and more rapidly edited shots.
 Whilst listening to our chosen song, we realised that there was a
repetition of the line “Just let it be” so we decided to film close-up
shots of Rosie’s lips wearing lipstick and every time we filmed a new
clip we changed the colour of the lipstick. So when we edit our
music video these repeated lines will be matched with shots of
Rosie’s lipstick colour changing to create a rainbow effect.

2. Mise en Scene:
 The bruised make-up look Lydia used on Rosie
looked very realistic and effective when filming.
This is important as we need the reaction of the
audience to be shocked, sympathetic and
intrigued by Rosie’s state at both the beginning
and the end of our music video.
 The fake blood made up of red food colouring,
water golden syrup also looked quite realistic
and we poured this on the leaves next to Rosie’s
head to portray a strong representation of her
death/abuse for the audience.

3. Lip synching:
 Since Rosie had previously learnt all of the lyrics it
was easier for us to film the lip-synching shots
from different parts of the song.
 Also, we filmed a range of lip synching shots of
Rosie in each location so we have a choice of
which shots we wish to use when it comes to
editing our music video.

4. Weather:
 We checked the weather the day and the
morning before filming and luckily it was sunny
all throughout the day therefore we could
successfully film the shots we needed in these
good weather conditions and natural lighting.

5.  Motivation & Organisation:
 All members of our group were very motivated to film
and therefore we spent a lot of time making sure that
each shot would be good enough to put in our music
video e.g. checking lighting, focus, framing etc.
 Also every group member was very organised when it
came to filming as we all immediately took on roles such
as director, cinematographer, performer etc. However
throughout the day these roles became
interchangeable as we all began to gave our creative
outlook on where and what we should be filming on that
day.