We thought about re-filming this scene but decided that the pixelated footage
works well as it adds to the confusion and the mystery behind the young girl,
it heightens the depressing tones which would be lost if the lighting was
brighter. Because the message behind our music video was quite mysterious, dark
and depressing, we decided that filming the running scene using dark
surrounding was best as opposed to the white, bright running scene that is seen
in our research. The running scene was used to create a sense of panic amongst
the audience. The use of the car park with lots of cars surrounding her creates
questions for the audience they are left wondering why is running. We chose to
dress the model in school uniform to note that the fact that she was still in
her teenage years and was an innocent young girl and not a villain.
We decided to use a wine glass because its a distinctive glass which
is used for alcohol consumption. As well as that we decided to use wine as our
choice of alcohol because the blood red colour connotes danger and maybe even
loss of life, again creating mystery, we used the pure white colour so that the
red colour would stand out even more. When I was editing the footage the group decided
it was best to blur the footage to make it seem like a point of view shot which
would highlight his mental state to the audience (his vision is blurred because
he is drunk).
To start with the group was unsure whether to have or male model open
his eyes or close eyes during this part of the video. We originally drew our
storyboard with him having his eyes closed, after looking at both (in the
planning stages and the filming stage) we decided it would be best to have his
eyes open as it gave a more intense feel, making the audience feel like he is
looking directly at them thus engaging them more.
This shot was used to signify his depressive state of mind and dependence
on alcohol. we used our research to show us how we could successfully put the
focus on our model in a bare room to symbolise loneliness. Using dark
surrounding with a spotlight coming from a torch to illuminate his face not
only helped to successfully put the focus on our male model but also to help
re-enforce the dark depressing tones that occur throughout our video. His arms
being placed on his head similarly to that shown in our research acts as a
dramatic effect, helping to give the message that the character is troubled and
in deep thought possibly about the mysterious girl seen throughout our video.
Originally we planned to use an old fashioned clock which we would
film changing time. We searched on a number of different sites including eBay
and Gumtree but just couldn't find a clock similar to the one we had planned to
use. Therefore we then referred back to our drawings and found a clock similar
to the one that we drew; this was easy as many clocks similar to the ones we
drew were used in school. This clock worked well as the second hand in the
clock help make it clear that time was passing by quickly.
The group chose to include this shot of our female model to portray
that the fact that she is always on his mind for reasons that are never made
clear in the video. I edited the footage to keep blurring in and out of focus
to highlight the fact that he is drunk whilst thinking about her which leads
the audience to conclude that the motive behind his drinking is her. Another
reason that I decided that the blurred footage would be best is because it
indicates the fact that she could be dead as the image of her keeps coming in
and out of focus as if she is a memory fading in and out of his head, the
audience is able to link this to the first scene where she is running away from
the car, maybe it hit her?
The group chose to include the bath scene because it is conventional
in music videos, in our research we noticed that bath scenes were often used to
show; deep thought, gloominess, danger, fear and mystery, and we wanted to
include this in our music video for example, you see our male model coming up
quickly out of the bath and grabbing the sides creating panic and fear. We chose
to alternate between the male model and the female model in the different
chorus’ as this shows that that they are in some way linked to one another, he is thinking about her and that is why she keeps appearing. Even though the story of the two isn't made clear in the video, it’s obvious
for the audience to understand that this mysterious female character is the
reason why our male character is such a depressed state of mind.
This footage was an essential feature of our music video as the use of
alcohol bottles throughout our music video is the most obvious way to show that
our music video was based around alcoholism. Filming the bottle rolling on the
floor (because the male character is so drunk he has passed out on the bathroom
floor and dropped the bottle) works well as it creates a good visual effect
that represents the fact that our male character is often drinking and his
world at that moment in time revolves around alcohol, hence why this footage constantly
appears in the bridge of the song.
This shot links with the shots above because they actually show the
model drinking, which again shows how he is constantly drinking. The dark room represents
the sinister feel of the video along with the dark state of depression he is
in.
This footage was important as it helped to consolidate the audience’s
questions. From the messages on the phone we can see that there is a problem occurring
here. His mother’s message with notes how she is worried in contrast to his
friends message to bring drink at a party makes it clear that he is choosing
drinking and partying over getting help for his depression and this is becoming
dangerous. it was difficult transitioning the shot from light to dark because
it was causing the camera not to focus so the message on the phone wasn't seen
clearly, however we managed to achieve a clear shot in the end by decreasing
the brightness on the phone.
As we progressed further with planning our video, we chose to include
this shot as we felt it could be used as a visual link to something which maybe
happened in his childhood years, we also felt that it worked well with the
lyrics as they hint that alcohol was part of his childhood life (“now I been
grew up round some people living their life in bottles... granddaddy had a
golden flask”). As well as that the teddy adds a melancholic edge to our video (also
teddy bears are often seen as a source of comfort in times of sadness for
children) helping to create the right tone for our video.
This footage of the bottle smashing is important because it visually represents
his self-destructive behaviour. It was a struggle filming this shot because the
bottle falls so quickly so we were unsure whether it would work in the video. However
once I slowed it down when editing it, it was easy to see that it worked well
in the video as it portrayed the message we planned.
As you can when filming and editing the footage of our music video we
have closely followed our research and you can see direct links between our research
and the footage we have used. Because of the fact that we closely followed out
research to develop our final cut, we found that our planning went smoother and
we were able to plan more effectively and come to every shoot with a variety of
ideas.
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