First Day of Filming

Today we completed the first part of our filming. The morning ran smoothly and we managed to improvise some new shot ideas when filming which we think will look better than our original ideas with finished editing. This part of filming was inspired by the Paramore video for The Only Exception where the lead singer is laying on a collection of love letters and cards to represent the videos theme of love. Our video has similar shots, however I have been filmed from the waist up as we not have dolly's for a smooth pan like in the video. Unlike the video we filmed from high and low angles as well as different distances.
To show our theme of obsession we decided to not cover the floor with love letters but with photographs of people, newspaper and magazine cuttings and illustrations from magazines. I really liked the illustrations being included in the shot because it may seem that my character is obsessed enough to have drawn them herself.

We opted for dark eye makeup and pale skin with blusher. This makeup looks very bold in colour but as we are planning on editing our video into black and white it will not be as

bold but will still be visible. I also wore a bodycon dress to look

feminine. We also filmed me putting on my make-up in front of the camera to look as though the camera is in the same place as a mirror. A lot of music videos include shots of girls putting on make-up so we plan to only feature it a few times and edit the timing so it is only brief and not repetitive. But the shots looked really effective once I had started the smokey eyes and was staring into the camera. The lighting made these shots look particularly clear as I was sat in front of a wide window at midday.