First draft

Test shots

This is a test shot that I took to make sure that I knew what I wanted when it came to filming for real. As I had some test shots I decided to have a play around with the effects that I could use in my actual video. I looked at other video's and saw that the flashbacks in music video's had an effect on to show the audience that it was a flash back. I looked at all of the effects on Adobe Premier Pro and chose Mixed Desaturation but found it was not dark enough and decided to double up the Mixed Desaturation. The video above was the outcome. I am happy with the effect I chose because I feel that it looks like someone looking back in the past as when you think of the past, especially when cameras first came out, film was in black and white or poor colouring therefore this effect gives a good flashback look. 

Video techniques and influences

 I decided to look at several music videos that I like and discussed how they have inspired me. This is mainly in terms of cinematography and predominantly mise-en-scene through costume, locations, lighting. 

Props

I have decided to use some props in my music video to make the narrative more realistic. I decided that I would like to use a car in my video as it is conventional for Alternative American rock bands to use cars in their music video's. The beer bottle represents his loneliness and depression as when people have had a huge loss, a lot of people turn to alcohol which also people can relates too.

Chosen location

I decided to choose Hull Marina as a location for my music video because of its scenic view with all the boats and it is a quiet place people like to go for walks. I thought this would be a really good place to film as it would be a pretty and nice place for someone to propose and then go back to to remember those happy times. However further down the river is the Humber bridge where a lot of people have committed suicide showing that the river could be seen as a place of loss reflecting my narrative. Hull marina is also easy to access.
 Another location I decided to use is Costa coffee, a nice place to go for a coffee and talk to people and have a laugh but again another easy place to go to to remember and reminisce. A coffee shop can also be a place people go alone to think and try and figure their life out.

Shooting organisation

 I used social media to organise shooting as it is a cheap way to communicate with people. Samuel is not in any of my classes at college as he is an AS student therefore do not have chance to communicate and organise with him verbally. I can use this chat to give my actor descriptions of what to wear and expect when we film thus saving us time on the day of filming. Facebook, the social media site that I am using to communicate with my actor also allows me to add other people to the chat, letting me add my actress so she knows who that actor is as they have never met before and lets her know what to wear and expect too.

For my video I decided that I would like to use an American classic car as it is conventional of the alternative american rock. My Dad, from his days in the TA's and working at RAF Leconfield has a wide range of contacts and one of his former collogues and friend collects and restores classic cars. My Dad's friend John has a large plot of land where he restores classic cars, both English and American so I decided to email him to see if he had any american classic cars in and if he would allow me to film. John agreed to let me film a car he had recently bought, a 1959 black Chevrolet. I went to film the following Saturday where he allowed me to drive the car and film my actor in the car. (I have coloured Johns email out for his privacy) 

Cast list

Change in the cast. Late on in filming my actor could no longer film when I need him to so I have had to change my actor. My new actor is the boyfriend of my actress, this will make the relationship in the video seem more real as they already have the chemistry between them and will not feel awkward laughing and hugging each other. (added under Laura)