We met up in Moreton at 8:00 am on 10th December to begin the first day of filming. After meeting up we walked to the first filming location - Sedgefield Road - to start work on the 1970 section of the video.
We encountered a few issues while filming. The first was the amount of people who came out to see what we were doing. A few people asked if we were making a YouTube video, and one man (while I was filming from on top of a wall) asked if we were filming ourselves "jumping off walls".
Another major issue that set us back quite a bit, was one of continuity. While discussing shot types, Ryan zipped up the jacket, which is unzipped in previous shots. We did not notice this for about an hour, meaning we had to back-track and refilm a number of shots.
Furthermore, Ryan was struggling to unlock his inner man. His camp nature did not fit the character we were creating which meant a number of shots needed multiple takes.
When we eventually completed the '70s section, after about 3 hours of filming, we walked to Oliver's house to film the 1930's section.
While Ryan was adjusting his hair to suit the 30s Mob Boss character, the rest of us set up the camera on top of the tripod and dolly.
We had some lighting issues while filming this part of the music video. Ryan was appearing red on the camera and we realised this was due to the red wallpaper in the room we were filming in. We addressed this issue by closing the curtains to block out the sunlight, and pointing a lamp with a white light at Ryan. I also added a Sepia visual effect in Final Cut, creating the image above.
This is the first edited version of the music video. I have included a bit of extra footage after the 1930s section to show how the gunshot transition will look.
- 1930s begins at 1:05
- 1970s begins at 2:02
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