Filming My Music Video

Cast and Crew

I asked my eight year old sister, Teagan to be in my music video as I wanted a young girl to be the main focus. When she agreed to help me I knew that I didn't want anybody else in my video as it wouldn't follow the theme I had in mind. I didnt even want the public walking by as I thought this would distract the viewer from the main focus of Teagan. I didn't want to star in my own video as I knew it would be impossible with me directing, filming and editing. Although I filmed all of the footage myself I did have a helping hand from my other sister and my mum. This was due to me not being able to film Teagan and also help her with props and costume. A few pictures i took that I have used for my ancillary tasks are when I got my mum and sister involved. Below is an image of Teagan and her hair is blowing about, here I took the pictures whilst my mum and sister got multiple hair dryers and crouched beneath Teagan to blow her hair up in the air. These photos turned out to be very effective and important, so I am glad I got the extra help from my family.

Time

It took me around three weeks all together to film my video, with pauses in between due to doing other work, availability of me and Teagan and also the weather. Although things got in the way and stopped me filming at times I still pushed ahead to get the appropriate footage I wanted. 

Filming the Video

On the first day of filming it was snowing, however I decided this would be a good effect on the images and videos I could take. I drove me and my sister to Cannock Chase in the morning with her all ready in her costume. I made sure that I had all of the necessary equipment with me to film her. I spent about an hour taking pictures and filming her in the snow, however we then decided that it was too cold to carry on and i felt that I had enough footage of what I wanted in the snow anyway. 

The day after, as the snow was still there, I decided to take some pictures inside of Teagan standing against a plain wall as the backdrop. This was a good day to film due to the weather and the footage that I needed to capture. I took a lot of photos on this day with the help of my mum and sister, with the ancillary tasks in mind. 

On the next day of filming it was nearly a week ahead, as i was waiting for the majority of the snow to melt away. Again we headed up to Cannock Chase, around the same area of woodland with the right equipment, props and costume. Although there was still snow, a lot of it had melted away, therefore it wasn't as cold and we could film for a bit longer than the last time. We took more images and videos until I decided I had enough of the footage I was after. 

The next day I filmed, we travelled to Burton to film inside my nans house as she has a narrow landing that I specifically wanted in my music video. I brought all of the appropriate equipment and costumes with me and set it all up upstairs. First I filmed down the landing which I had in mind for quite a while. However I then decided to film in one of my nans bedrooms as it is Teagan's and is pink and innocent looking. I got her to play with the toys and rocking chair in there to portray her as a sweet young girl.

On the final day of filming I decided to film Teagan in our back garden and also the little woods behind our house. I thought these were nice locations that suited my music video and they were also different scenery for the viewer to look at. I took pictures and filmed her in both areas until I knew I had enough footage for the whole of my video.