Idea for music video

Main idea

The idea that I wanted to express in my music video is that all relationships, regardless of if they are between two females, a male and a female, two males, a male and a transgender woman - love is love and all relationships have ups and downs. I wanted this to be the message as I think that sexuality isn't something that is normalised enough within the media. 

The idea that I want to show through the music video is that the relationship that Martyna and Eleanor have, is just like others. At first they`re in love and enjoy each other`s company, and as the video goes on, they fall out of love being pushed apart until the one leaves. I wanted to have a feel good video, with a component of 'pulling on the heart strings' to make the audience realise the reality of their relationship. 

Editing the Dance Clips

The dance clips were more difficult than the clips of Eleanor and Martyna to edit as I had to sync the time to the singing in the song as the dancer dancing along to the music. I did this by watching the videos I'd recorded and selecting the times that I wanted to use of each clip. Then I edited each clip into groups or individually - depending on how many clips I was taking from each video.

Once the videos had been edited down into the clips I wanted, I went back and identified where they are from in the song and wrote down these times onto a sheet of paper. 

I then created a timeline and identified where I had footage from in the song and if I had any clashes, which I did. I went through and chose which clip I wanted to use for the clashes - often resulting in me having to watch the clips numerous times and deciding which one represented the messaged I wanted to portray to the audience. 

When I'd chosen the clips, I then opened the editing that I'd done of Eleanor and Martyna's clips and put them in their time slots - making sure it flowed well and adding effects and transitions. 

Filming the footage

Acting with Eleanor and Martyna

I filmed with Eleanor and Martyna on a day in the October half term. We managed to film all the footage in one day. We used my house and the park close by as the two main locations. I had planned to film in town as well but it ended up being very difficult to find the time to film on two days so I was only able to film in two of the locations. 

The filming went smoothly, Eleanor and Martyna were very willing to help and were comfortable in front of the camera. I was happy with the footage that I got and then spent the next month or so editing and sorting it out. 

Dancing with Olivia

I had planned to film with Olivia with a projector - projecting the footage that I'd gotten of Eleanor and Martyna over her as she danced. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get hold of one in time and just had to film with Olivia as normal. 

The filming with Olivia went well, although I was hoping for a completely white location but was unable to find one - so I used my school's sports hall, which was where I took the concept pictures with Olivia. 

I filmed Olivia dancing to the whole song twice through so that I had excess footage in case I needed it. I also filmed shorter clips where I'd ask her to emphasise an emotion just for a certain part of the song.