Filming - 5th December

We began our first and only day of shooting on Saturday 5th December. We had arranged to film at my house due to the setting for the speed dating scene as we felt my living room would be an ideal venue. However on the morning of filming we realised that my living room was infact too small and moving furniture around proved to be too difficult, and so relocated to Reena's house instead. The group agreed with this decision and we felt that we would be able to shoot the majority of our music video in one whole day. We had around 6 hours to film, but problems surrounding time keeping meant that filiming the rest of the scenes would have to occur at a later date.

Our first shots of the music video that we filmed involved shooting the characters walking from a distance towards the camera. This would create a jump cut effect between the characters. We wanted to use this shot not only to show that the three male characters making their way to the speed dating but to also reveal the different personalites through their style, walk and other actions.

We filmed the speed dating scenes which were originally meant to be shot at my house in my living, but due to the last minute set change we filmed them in Reena's bedroom. The lighting became a problem as it was quite dark and led to the shots looking quite grainy. The main shot used for these scenes was the Two shot not only to emphasise that the characters are "couples" but to highlight the connection or lack of between them.

Extreme close ups were used to emphasise certain aspects of the male character's attire. Such as the bow tie of the "geek", the lip piercing of the "punk" and the muscular physique of the "hunk". This technique would allow the audience's ideas to be influenced about the characters and their characteristics.

Our final shots of the day's filming were of our male characters, using a medium long shot. It is supposed to mimick a dream sequence used in many other Pop videos. It was to show the female protagonist comparing her three dates in their style and body language. It also allows the audience to compare them aswell.