Group Meeting - 7/10/10

In the group meeting today we went over the newly-timecoded lyrics sheet and started to plan exactly where our shots would go and which shots would suit which lyrics. We got through most of the sheet in this way and now have a much clearer idea of how we are going to put this music video together.

We made some crucial decisions regarding the performance too. We decided that direct address to the camera would be the best way for the star to stand out from the people around her and would increase her connection with the audience.

While we were brainstorming, some great new ideas for possible shots came to us, including a shot where the star takes a coffee from a man reading a newspaper and catches a coin that fires itself out of a wishing well/busker's guitar case. The idea of the star swinging backwards round a lamppost also appealed to us.

We have new location ideas, including a bench near Notting Hill which overlooks London. This location will be used primarily for performance and lip-synch footage. We decided that a carousel would be a great location for reversed footage. We also added the Underpass at Hyde Park to our possible locations list. We intend to do a rekkie within the next week.

We decided that costume changes will be a bigger part of our video, being used to represent the psychology of women and relationships - changing their identities and having different 'faces' at different times. Our actress will be dressed in three iconic costumes throughout the video; we have yet to finalise these.

We learnt from Anisah how to reverse camera footage, which is a crucial technique for us to master in this particular project, and we intend to do a test shoot in the near future.