Ideas for our performance scene

Obviously it is now quite late to be filming a performance, but unfortunately due to January exams it was a necessary delay. As soon as our lead singer (Connor) recovers from the flu we plan to get going and film the performance straight away, which can hopefully be done in a day.


The idea for our performance is that we will film Connor in the previously established location of the living room, where he was seen cuddling with the girl. There, he will be on his own, watching the TV. He will change the channel, and then he'll see the girl go back throughout the ages, singing 'If Ya Wanna Come Back' to the TV as he watches.

We like this idea as it's a simple but effective way to have him directly singing at the girl without actually being included in the scenes. Also, as we currently have a lot of narrative footage, it allows us to film his performance and show the eras on the TV simultaneously so that we do not have to shorten our video by much more.

To do this, we have to finish and export our era sequences to DVD, which needs to be playable on a TV. We will then film Connor singing from a variety of angles, singing the whole song so that we can match up the right parts of the sequence to the right parts of the song.

We hope to film this  very soon as we need to get it done ASAP, but for now we're waiting in limbo until Connor recovers.

Scene List/Meeting #4

In our group meeting today we wanted to firmly narrow down our list of scenes before storyboarding, so we could book our actors and equipment ASAP. We wrote down the location, the cast needed and the story of each scene so it was clear and concise to us all what we wsere shooting for each era, and who we needed. Our next step now is to draw up a call list and then begin storyboarding. 

We also tried to think about extras in each scene: we decided that we could repeat the same extras in each scene, purely for practicality. We've come up with a list of our friends we can use: Georgia Batemen, Ella Baker, Evie Forte, Poppy Cunningham, Robyn Stuart, and our own group and class members. 

Potential Locations and Cast/Meeting #2

When we met today, we tried to get into greater detail about where specifically we would film. We decided that instead of having a dance for the 1940s, we would move the 'dance' to the 70s: to a disco. In order to have a party for the 70s scene and make it look realistic we decided that we should actually throw the party rather than asking people to be extras, as this would eliminate the need for good actors and instead just people that like costume parties. To do this, we would need to hire a hall and in this meeting we began searching up places to hire on a small budget and began emailing them.

While waiting for their replies, we started looking for places for the other scenes. We replaces the dance from the 40s with a scene in an air raid shelter: luckily, my shed is actually an old air raid shelter which we could use. As it is quite nasty inside, we decided we would film an establishing shot of the shelter and then film the scene by candlelight in a dark closet/room, therefore making it seem like the same place. Obviously, I would also try and get rid of all aspects that make the shelter seem modern.

We also decided that for our 50s/60s diner, we would find a restaurant that has kept the theme and ask to film there. After considerable research, we found Frank B's which is fairly close to us all and had a suitable theme. We have also emailed them about asking to shoot there.

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We also started casting for our video. For our male lead, we knew we needed someone who was good at acting, not shy and more of an external person. For this, we chose a friend called Connor Bingham. He is a drama and music student who plays guitar, piano and several other instruments as well as sings. This means that he would be perfect for our music video as he is used to being in front of a computer, handling instruments and singing.

  

 For the female lead, we decided that I would play her. We decided this as it's a lot of shooting work and we couldn't risk someone externally not being committed to the project and flaking out. I also know the male lead the best, which is convenient as it means when we are performing scenes in which we have to be close, there won't be any awkwardness and therefore it should hopefully look quite good.