Filming Performance: Setup• This was a full day of filming we had planned for some time, it took place in my partners

home as this was easily accessible to all of the ‘band’ members that were present during the shoot. He was also in the video at this point and I took the role as director and cameraman.

• The day stated with the setup this involved getting leads and amps for our video. We also had to get the drums into the room and set them up in a position where they would be able to be filmed.

• We had to set the amps up so that they worked and played the song we were recording as well as produced the sound of the bass and guitars that we were using, this was so everything was in time and so that we could link the sound with the footage for the best end product.

• I got some initial photos and some initial footage to work with and see the best possible angles for the camera and after I had done that and everything was in order we were ready to start filming.

• Tuning the instruments was also important so that they all sounded correct, even though we were dubbing the sound over it had to sound right live as well for it to be as realistic as possible.

Filming Performance • Filming the performance was a long process, we spent quite a bit of time filming and went

through the sound around about 6-7 times to get different angles for the shots. • I filmed from various amounts of angles to try and get the best shots that we could edit onto

our music video and this did mean that I was standing on the back rests of chairs to get the aerial advantage however the end effect was worth it.

• We had some times where we filmed more than once to have a choice from a couple of takes as this is the professional thing to do when filming to get the best out of what you are trying to film.

• Below are photos from all the different shots and angles that we filmed on that day.

Filming: link between performance and story

• The link that I had in mind was for the band (including my partner) and the protagonist (me) to be in the same world and for the band to be aware of the protagonist presence. This would link the whole music video together really well and so on the same day we filmed these parts and did them in a way so that I could film half of it (the part I wasn’t in) and my partner could film the part that I was in to level out the amount of filming we did that day.

• The first part I filmed and directed was for two of the band members to notice someone walking outside the window looking upset. I directed this by telling the two members to look out the window as if they had seen someone looking really upset and I also told them the premise for the whole video which allowed them to get into character a little easier, this short shot took three takes to get right because it couldn’t be poor, it had to be just right for the mood of the video we wanted to create.

• The next step was to get another shot of them looking out the window (getting a closer look) this shot was intended for the whole band but it proved too difficult to get everyone in shot and have the shot look good enough for what we wanted so we settled with two band members as opposed to 4.

• After this we filmed my part outside and my partner filmed me walking down the street in 3 different angles so that we could edit it all together later on during the editing process.

Filming: link between performance and story 2

• Below are some screenshots from the different pieces of footage we managed to get to achieve this important part of the music video.