Inspiration for Day Three filming

With the shots that I had imagined creating on my storyboard of the close-ups and of my actress lip-synching, I had gained inspiration from some various other music videos.

Back when I was researching for my music video, I came across the music video 'Nothing compares 2U' by Sinead O'Connor.



I was captivated by the continuous close up shot of the singer singing and crying, as I feel it conveys the powerful emotion of the lyrics and creates the simple music video to appear beautiful and it stands out against other music videos. I aim to convey the simplicity of the artist crying and lip-syncing with the basic colours and extreme close up shot in my own music video. 

In addition I also was inspired by Demi Lovato's music video; Skyscraper. This video also features close up cinematography shots of the artists crying and lip-syncing, as shown below. 

Shooting Organisation

I live close by to my actress therefore it shall be easy for us to arrange dates for meeting up and filming. I am connected her across social media and also have her phone number, so it easy for me to access her and contact her. The following screenshot is an example of how we arranged to meet up for our first day of filming.

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My aim is to film several scenes at least one time a week so that I have plenty of time before the deadline to film and I will not be rushed. Furthermore, by leaving plenty of time with filming, I can revisit any footage that I am displeased with or if I decided to add some extra scenes to my video that were not originally planned on my storyboard. 

Inspiration For Day Two Filming

Prior to filming with my actress in teh green room, I reseached music videos to gain inspiration and came across the music video 'Chocolate' by The 1975.



I took inspiration in the lighting and cinematography in this video, especially in certain scenes which gave me an idea of how I wanted to manipulate my own shots that I had planned to film similar to this.

In the above shots I found the sue of lighting unique and appealing, as the silhouette's of the artists highlights not only their music style but the whole indie genre and the simplicity with the black and white filter is what I am aiming to achieve in my own video. Thus I aim to recreate some of my footage to be similar to this.