Saturday 17th December 2011Once again, myself and Monica provided a call sheet for our artist, Olly and for Charlotte, who plays Olly's partner in the music video. We also included a costume and prop list.
Sophiya's House (Narrative/Performance)
We met at 10.30am to film the 'Raining Scene' in my garden. The reason for this choice of location was because we were able to use the garden hose to create a realistic rainfall, as unfortunately, it was not raining on the day. Another advantage of this location was that we could plug my iPod speakers into a socket in my garage so that Olly could hear the music properly and sing along in-sync (rather than relying on the poor sound quality of a mobile phone speaker). We had gained Olly's consent to 'shower' him with the hose to create the effect of a heavy rainfall whilst he sang the opening lines; 'rain on me, I want to feel every drop on my skin'. This connects the visuals with the lyrics since the rain acts as nature's cleanser, which has the power to wash away Olly's past sins that caused his relationship with his girlfriend to fall apart. Furthermore, we plan to open our music video with a mid-shot (side angle) of the artist in the rain with his eyes closed, signifying he is in a spiritual and fragile, emotional state. Subsequently, we tracked into an extreme close-up of his lips quivering in the cold rain, highlighting the fact he is about to sing something heart-breaking and we follow this with a close-up (front view) of Olly singing the above-metioned lyric.
Charlotte's House (Performance)
At 12.00pm we went to Charlotte's house to film the 'Piano Scene'; all of the instrumental performance footage. Considering that we are creating a music video, instrumental performance is key as it showcases the artist's talent, thus we aimed to film as much footage as possible whilst constantly varying shot types and angles to ensure diversity. The piano was placed up against a wall; the wall mounted with a huge mirror, so we gained permission to move it forward because this meant we could place the tripod and camera behind the piano and film Olly's face whilst he was playing and singing. In addition, we filmed close-ups of his hands playing a sequence from the song on the keys; mid-shots (side angle) of his body (showcasing his arm movement); close-ups (side angle) of his face singing into the mirror, symbolic of his reflective state and a tilted (the audience get a glimpse into his 'shaken' world) mid-shot of the artist from behind whilst he plays the piano and the audience can see this reflected in the mirror.
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