Looking for new costumes for the video - i need a black dress, a day dress, maybe two day dresses, a army uniform, a helmet and a fake gun!
I may have to go on a charity shop/website crawl!
Hopefully can get all this without breaking my bank account!
Friday, 21 January 2011
Shooting the Video - Day 1!
First Shoot is done!
We got through some shots of
We had technical difficulties with this one - we had the camera's battery failing, cars going past - not the type of cars you should be seeing in the 1940's! But we managed in the end, my only worry is that the light outside changed pretty rapidly from the time we started shooting that scene by the time we had finished it - but we'll see when we edit if we have to redo that scene,
We got through some shots of
- Couple before war - romantic
- Argument Scene
We had technical difficulties with this one - we had the camera's battery failing, cars going past - not the type of cars you should be seeing in the 1940's! But we managed in the end, my only worry is that the light outside changed pretty rapidly from the time we started shooting that scene by the time we had finished it - but we'll see when we edit if we have to redo that scene,
- Worrying scene with sister-in-law
During this scene the wife was pregnant - pretty heavily, so we have one shot down for the difference in pregnancy stages and got a worrying scene combined! Went well, had a variety of different shots that we can choose from when we edit.
Locations that we were orginally going to use were changed, for the interior scenes we used a different location, but shot well.
Lyrics
I was searching
You were on a mission
Then our hearts combined like
A neutron star collision
I have nothing left to lose
You took your time to choose
Then we told each other
With no trace of fear that...
Our love would be forever
And if we die
We die together
And lie, I said never
'Cause our love would be forever
The world is broken
Halo's fail to glisten
You try to make a difference
But no one wants to listen
Hail,
The preachers, fake and proud
Their doctrines will be cloud?
Then they'll dissipate
Like snowflakes in an ocean
Love is forever
And we'll die, we'll die together
And lie, I say never
'Cause our love could be forever
Now I've got nothing left to lose
You take your time to choose
I can tell you now without a trace of fear
That my love will be forever
and we'll die
we'll die together
Lie, I will never
'Cause our love will be forever
The lyrics to 'Neutron Star Collision' fits in well with our music video, lyrics such as "and we'll die, we'll die together" and "Cause our could be forever" all fit in with our theme of loss - the widow feels she cannot live without her husband, despite having a child, and chooses to leave forever - what becomes of the widow is a mystery to the audience - an enigma that will leave them thinking about the music video after watching it. The message of loss is conveyed both in the song and the video, which is why this song is perfect for our music video.
You were on a mission
Then our hearts combined like
A neutron star collision
I have nothing left to lose
You took your time to choose
Then we told each other
With no trace of fear that...
Our love would be forever
And if we die
We die together
And lie, I said never
'Cause our love would be forever
The world is broken
Halo's fail to glisten
You try to make a difference
But no one wants to listen
Hail,
The preachers, fake and proud
Their doctrines will be cloud?
Then they'll dissipate
Like snowflakes in an ocean
Love is forever
And we'll die, we'll die together
And lie, I say never
'Cause our love could be forever
Now I've got nothing left to lose
You take your time to choose
I can tell you now without a trace of fear
That my love will be forever
and we'll die
we'll die together
Lie, I will never
'Cause our love will be forever
The lyrics to 'Neutron Star Collision' fits in well with our music video, lyrics such as "and we'll die, we'll die together" and "Cause our could be forever" all fit in with our theme of loss - the widow feels she cannot live without her husband, despite having a child, and chooses to leave forever - what becomes of the widow is a mystery to the audience - an enigma that will leave them thinking about the music video after watching it. The message of loss is conveyed both in the song and the video, which is why this song is perfect for our music video.
Shooting Script
- Shots of the couple before wedding and after - although unable to tell - different locations, costumes etc.. showing the couple before the war - looking in love and happy. Also shows the couple meeting husbands sister for the first time - body language will indicate the relationships between the characters.
- Wedding Scene - Outdoors, under arch, several seconds long, dialogue - "I Do" for each character. Close up on both their faces - shot-reverse-shot on dialogue.
- Argument scene - in living room - husband tells wife he is leaving to go to war - they argue - improvised dialogue for the argument itself - husband leaves (slow motion) takes a last look at wife, opens the door and leaves.
- Sister-in-law comes to live with wife - shots of the pair worrying over a period of time, sister-in-law tries to be comforting, but wife is unable to cope.
- Pregnancy - wife finds out she is pregnant - several shots of different stages of pregnancy, and a shot of the pair coming home - a baby in the mothers arms.
- Finding out - and officer comes to the door (close up of hand knocking, different angles etc..) wife is told her husband was shot in action - she breaks down emotionally, short and dramatic scene.
- Grief - a few quick shots of the wife in shock, crying, depressed, unable to take care of herself or her child - shows sister-in-law taking care of the baby.
- Funeral - shot in graveyard, a few mourners at the scene, shows wife looking unhealthy and extremely depressed, shows sister-in-law with the baby. Close ups of mourners crying.
- Leaving - Widow leaves - takes a last look at her child, picks up her suitcase and leaves forever.
- Wish - Long shot of widow walking down the road, pans up to the sky and transcends into her wish - a shot of her, husband and child, altogether happy and smiling - location - a previous place from the first shots where the couple used to go and were happy together, again pans up to the sky and fades to black.
Male Fashion
Our male protagonist is a soldier - he only has two costumes throughout the music video - a smart suit and an army uniform. We will be trying to keep as close to the real clothing as possible, in particular the army uniform will be the hardest to achieve, as to acquire a replica of a world war 2 army uniform could be expensive, and may not be possible - but getting as close to it as we can hopefully.
Men in the 1940's were dressed smartly - often in suits, our male character comes from the city - therefore his clothing (the suit) is far more fashionable than that of men in rural areas, we feel it is more authentic looking if he is dressed in a more recognisable attire than simple rural clothes.
Men in the 1940's were dressed smartly - often in suits, our male character comes from the city - therefore his clothing (the suit) is far more fashionable than that of men in rural areas, we feel it is more authentic looking if he is dressed in a more recognisable attire than simple rural clothes.
Examples of suits worn in the 1940's.
British armed forces uniform
Hair:
For men, the typical hairstyle was short (especially for those in the armed forces) and very neat, slicked back flat on the head to portray a classic and formal look.
Examples of 1940's male hairstyle - both for everyday and in the army.
Hair and Make-up
Hair:
Hair in the 40's was high maintenance and elegant, soft curls that framed the face was the most common hairstyle for women in any area and women maintained their hair perfectly daily. Appearance was important and keeping up with this image showed society that a woman was in control and successful.
Both old and new photos of a typical longer hairstyle
Both old and new photos of a typical short hairstyle
Make up:
The main make up look for the 40's was strong eyebrows - dark, softer eyes - eyeliner on top of the lid, black eyelashes, and strong red lips.
Examples in both colour and black and white photos of the classic make up look
Both old and modern photos of both 40's style hair and make up.
Keeping with these styles, i did some prototypes of how our hair and make up may look for our filming:
Both colour and black and white examples of prototype.
As Ellie and I have different lengths of hair - short and long, we will use our examples to create our 1940's look for filming.
Costume Design
Fashion.
The 40's had a very distinct look - not quite the glamour of the 50's, but elegant and smart still. And despite the 40's having some amazing fashion trends, the working class citizens were unable to afford these desirable trends, and therefore stuck with simple, clean cut clothing.
Rations also made dressing more of a task - if clothing were to get damaged, there was no easy way to acquire new clothes - they were mended - women would often stay up all night sewing seams back-together and darning socks and tights. Throwing away perfectly good clothes was shocking.
Most women wore skirts at or near knee-length, with simply-cut blouses or shirts and square-shouldered jackets. Popular magazines and pattern companies advised women on how to remake men's suits into smart outfits, since the men were in uniform and the cloth would otherwise sit unused. Eisenhower jackets became popular in this period. Influenced by the military, these jackets were bloused at the chest and fitted at the waist with a belt.
Our idea is we use simple clothing for our characters - but with the implication that some of the clothing was bought before the clothes ration, and therefore has not suffered the ban. We also show scenes of the couple before the war - first meeting, first date etc.. and also a shot of them meeting the husbands sister - who is younger and from the city - suggesting her clothing is influenced by the new fashions emerging from 1930- 1942.
The 40's had a very distinct look - not quite the glamour of the 50's, but elegant and smart still. And despite the 40's having some amazing fashion trends, the working class citizens were unable to afford these desirable trends, and therefore stuck with simple, clean cut clothing.
Rations also made dressing more of a task - if clothing were to get damaged, there was no easy way to acquire new clothes - they were mended - women would often stay up all night sewing seams back-together and darning socks and tights. Throwing away perfectly good clothes was shocking.
Most women wore skirts at or near knee-length, with simply-cut blouses or shirts and square-shouldered jackets. Popular magazines and pattern companies advised women on how to remake men's suits into smart outfits, since the men were in uniform and the cloth would otherwise sit unused. Eisenhower jackets became popular in this period. Influenced by the military, these jackets were bloused at the chest and fitted at the waist with a belt.
Our idea is we use simple clothing for our characters - but with the implication that some of the clothing was bought before the clothes ration, and therefore has not suffered the ban. We also show scenes of the couple before the war - first meeting, first date etc.. and also a shot of them meeting the husbands sister - who is younger and from the city - suggesting her clothing is influenced by the new fashions emerging from 1930- 1942.
A Popular trend - the Trenchcoat - became fashionable when the British Army used them.
Polka dot and Floral dresses were incredibly popular in the early 1940's
A fashionable woman walking down Hollywood and Vine 1944 - what was to come
A movie still from 'The Edge Of Love' a film set during the second world war - this particular still is set in rural Wales - an example of how two normal English women would've dressed.
Shoe C is the shoe we will be wearing throughout our music video - as we feel it is inkeeping with the fashion that women in the rural areas would've found more attainable for daily use.
We have several pregnant shots of our female protagonist - Ellie took some mock photos to see how it would look -
Side-View
Front-View
It is not obvious from the frontal view that she is pregnant, it is a lot more obvious from the side view - we will be having different shots containing different stages of pregnancy, so we will be able to increase and decrease the side of the bump easily.
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