FILMING DAY 1

On Sunday 2nd of December we managed to stick to our plan and were able to shoot the main parts of our music video.

Ella drove us and our actors to Richmond Park where we were for a good few hours, filming what we had storyboarded as well as shooting anything that inspired us on the day. We had originally planned to film by the river in Kingston however in Richmond Park we spotted a nearby pond which was ideal for the look of our video so we decided to just use the pond instead. 

After this we travelled to Kingston town centre were the Christmas Markets are and shot our footage there. Again, we also took extra shots of things that were available to us at the locations. Also, we were lucky in that a few unexpected things happened which we hope to put in the actual video if we can fit it in. For example, at the Christmas markets one of the men refused to give Malory a brownie until she played something on her ukelele, so she did and we filmed it. Because this was real and not acted we feel that it will add to the authenticity of the video if we use it and will contribute to the happy and fun vibe we wish to achieve with our video.

In my opinion, the day went smoothly and more efficiently than I had expected. Our actors Malory and Matt were brilliant and did as we asked them as well as positively contributing to discussion of what they should do. They worked excellently together (they weren't awkward or shy with each other) and we believe this is reflected in the footage as it looks very natural.

We were incredibly lucky that on our choice of day of filming the natural lighting was beautiful. Bright clear skies with the sun shining was perfect for shooting and looks great on screen. I am so thankful for the wonderful weather we had as if it had been a dull dreary day, our footage would look miserable which is the complete opposite image we are hoping to achieve.

The purpose of all the filming was for the narrative side of our video and we have yet to film the close ups of Malory singing with different backgrounds. We plan to film all non-narrative parts of the video on Tuesday at Malory's house.

Below are some photographs I took of the day.