Filming the flashback

The flashback is the only part of the music video that is filmed in daylight. The rest is shot at night. This split in lighting helps show that the flashback is not real time and is a look into the past when things where working in the relationship.

The filming was very successfull and I put the success down to an accurate storyboard, good teamwork and commitment from all members of the group. With the storyboard at hand, we where able to simply refer back to it and set the camera up accurately and quickly, moving from one shot to the other whilst keeping the flow going, allowing there to be better chemistry between myself and beth. The inpute from all team members was useful as it gave us a range of ideas to work with, including spontaneous ideas on the day of filming. The chosen location was also easy to work with as every sub location in the flashback was in close proximity to one another.

The only problem we encountered was the weather. It began to rain a little and this made it hard to leave to camera exposed for a long period of time. We solved the problem by having Annie and Clare on the camera, one to operate the camera on the tripod, and the other to shelter the camera from the rain.