Before we all met we had agreed we would style ourselves and do all our own hair and make-up. So I got up and did this, I had chosen to wear leggings, ugg boots, white vest top and a blue baggy cropped jumper. For my hair and make-up I didnt want to go to bold and "done up" because we were filming in a forest and we were looking quite casual with each other, so my hair was straight and down and my make-up was natural with a hint of eye shadow. For us all to be different would go with The Saturdays look because they don't ever wear the same thing, they might wear similar colours or design but something will always make them look set apart form each other so they all stand out individually.
We started filming at 1030 am.
Our plan when we got there was to walk and see what shots worked well and what was most appealing to us. To some this might not seem like a good idea but for us it suited us cause we knew what we wanted to see in our video but because three of us hadn't been there and I hadn't been there for some years its hard to say where and what we can film (apart from trees of course).
We had a camera to take photos for our blog and speakers and iPod so we could hear the music to help us with the lyrics.
The first person to film was Laura (Singing Vanessa's parts). We were filming separately so we could keep an eye on what shots we had got and what shots we then needed to get.
For Laura's shots, we were around a tree that had fallen over and had other branches surrounding it, it looked very effective.
To start with Laura walked through the tree to give us shots that could be used at other parts in the video. Then it came down to the lyrics, for this we filmed Laura singing the same thing from different angles so we could edit later and vary the shots we used, some of these shots were low angle shots and full body and close up. Her lip syncing was spot on and this is something we have all had practise with before. In Laura's shot we didn't need any props she just used the tress and this worked effectively. Laura then filmed the chorus so this could be edited into the main chorus.
In the same shot because we liked the way it looked so much we decided to film the first chorus. We all managed to position ourselves on the tree and it looked really good once we got it right. We did have a few slip ups literally as Jodie lost her footing and I forgot the lyrics. But overall it worked really well and didn't take us that long to do and our progress was going really well.
Next to film was Charlotte (Singing Frankie's part). She had the most to film, on our hunt to find places to shot we came across a long gravel path. We managed to frame her perfectly in the shot between two trees in the background. To start with we got the first lyrics in with just her mouth, this looked effective and focused on the lyrics rather than anything else and was different from what we had filmed before. Then we carried on filming the rest of her verse, we had four or so attempts to do this, this was because we were trying to zoom in while she was lip syncing (which again was fine, no problems with timing or anything), but the camera kept jilting or blurring and didn't seem to work, however we tried it one more time and it managed to work and not only this we got a gust of wind which blew Charlotte's hair which looked like a wind machine had done it so the timing was impeccable. The only problem we had with filming here was that it was a well used path so many people were walking along the path and we had to keep stopping and starting the filming, but it didn't take to long, it just gave us more time to think about what we were going to do next. She also sang the chorus up against one of the trees that has been in the background of her shot before.
Next to film was me (singing the part of Mollie), for this we took a walk back into the forest and came across a secluded area with a tree stump. I decided to sit on it and see how the shot looked, the girls said they liked it and it was framed well so we went with that. It did move but I managed not to fall off. Again we filmed my verse from two different angles so we could edit and make it look different and exciting. Then we filmed the chorus again from a different angle and then with me standing up and walking forward in the same area, I thought this would be hard but it wasn't and i managed it OK. My lip syncing was fine and had no problems, I didn't blank on some lyrics but this was because of nerves more than anything but the girls sang with me so this helped me along.
Last but not least to film was Jodie (singing Rochelle's part), we then took an other walk and ended up coming across a tree with low swooping branches. The idea we came up with was that Jodie was to walk along holding on to the tree and using it as an other natural prop. Jodie was lacking in confidence the same as me so we all sang with her and got it done. The shot look different to all of ours even though still being in the same forest, behind her you could see the plains behind her. Her lip syncing was fine as well and wasn't a problem for any of us and this helped save time. Jodie also filmed the chorus her so this could also be edited in the main chorus with us all too.
Then at the end we decided to move on to Chingford plains and to add something different we added some coreography to the video, nothing to complicated just enough to be interesting, stuff like walking forward and back and hand movements.
I feel over all this day of filming went well we all sang and acting our parts well. We got all the shots we wanted.
Filming day 1
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