Filming the Music Video

Filming

Over the weekend, me and group finally took the time to film for our project. Our main I guess ‘leader’ Emily was able to find us a really convenient location to film in. We ended up going to a middle school after our classes were over, since her mom works there and we were able to go inside and pretty much do whatever we needed to do. We all got together after school and had our older group member pull up in her car, so that we could just skip everything and go straight to the location. After all, some of us had to be home by certain times and it was already nearly 3 PM, so it was about time to just get things done. With a few... minor scares in traffic we managed to make it completely unscathed. We accidentally went through some random hallway instead of the actual main entrance since some kid let us in through the doors. Now that I think about it... that definitely isn’t safe. But all that really matters is that we got in. We immediately made way to the cafeteria, since the auditorium is really just a tiny black stage placed in the cafeteria.

Dance classes were about to pick up soon so we had to film really hastily. Me and the other actress, Andrea, had to basically put on these dresses that Emily had brought for us and somehow take off our original clothes from under them. She showed us them earlier that morning, probably like 5 of them so we were able to choose our favorites. We didn’t want to change in the bathrooms because public bathrooms are kind of nasty so we just went with the old fashioned way. Right after, we got up on stage and had Emily go through the storyboard to tell us what to do. We filmed the second shot, the slow dance, on that stage. We opened up by walking through the curtains and striking a little pose, before coming together to dance. Now I will admit, I do dance a lot in my free time but slow dancing just isn’t my strongest suit. If I end up looking really awkward in my footage, we all know why. We also filmed us running down the stairs on the side of the stage, making sure to have Andrea in front of me holding my hand to lead me forward. 

Once we were finished with the indoors part, we left our things inside and went out into something like a ‘commons’ area? Basically just trees and benches where kids probably hang out during passing time. We did a few takes of some random running shots, honestly not sure why but I haven’t looked at the storyboard in a while. It’s probably in there somewhere.. us frolicking in fields or something. We also did a cute little scene of us hiding behind a tree and smiling at each other when we come around, just basic things to go with the soft song. We moved to our final spot, a little nook type area that had small wooden benches and a chalkboard. The final takes were done there, of me and Andrea from behind holding hands. Also the shot of the sun that will eventually be in the film, and so on. We faked conversation for a lot of it since we didn’t need real dialogue for what we were planning. Once everything was done, we packed up our stuff and got picked up by our rides and went home. Anything we didn’t finish was eventually fixed up by Emily at her own house.