Thankfully, the trip to Blackpool went ahead as scheduled on Thursday 27th October. Filming was going rather successfully with all the shots planned in the storyboard available and on hand to interpret into my music video. Unfortunately as we were about to film shot no20 the camcorders battery ran out, which meant filming had to run into the next day too. However the good thing is most of the music video had pretty much been completed. Seeing as we travelled for the location, it meant we had to get the shots as perfectly as possible as there was no going back. This meant we had to be particularly careful and make sure nothing was going to ruin the correlation of the music video. This means everyone had to wear exactly the same clothes on the morning of Friday 28th October, and despite being in Blackpool, it was vital to make sure filming came first, but also having fun at the same time. As the day grew on, on the 27th October, the weather obviously changed and became darker as-well as growing a rather lovely sunset. This meant that we had to be careful that this didn't become too apparent in the music video with the change of day reflecting in the music video. Particularly as we had to film the next day too, and the weather wasn't as overcast as the previous day. However this problem wasn't very significant, and with the music being in black and white anyway, it meant that you couldn't really tell the difference anyway.
During our trip to Blackpool some of our shots had to be changed, which means our storyboard doesn't perfectly reflect that of the music video shot by shot. The beginning of the music video is most significant, as originally it was meant to be filmed in the tram. However we thought, as the trams were particularly busy in Blackpool, getting this shot may be hard, as there would be no guarantee that we would be able to get the shots we wanted, and it wouldn't be fair on the other passengers. Therefore shot 1 and 2 of the storyboard was changed, and we decided to interpret our hotel room into the music video, with Aston appearing on his own, and depressed, creating a perfectly good introduction to the music video before we take a tour along Blackpool with the storyline of the music video in place. Every other shot is pretty much how it was originally planned, however shot 5, the shot of the Pepsi Max was missed out, as we forgot to film it when we went down to the pleasure beach on the 28th. This wasn't a problem and it just meant that Aston was on screen a little longer lip synching then planned. However this works fine, as the song is quite short, but goes at a good pase. Rather than having band members run into Pigeons for shot 14 during an introduction to the next verse, it was a lot more subtle and on hand to get a great shot of a lone seagull in the sea. Extra shots came to us as we were actually in the location which means i could bring this into the music video as there were a few gaps in which i wrote down ideas that i could film, or weren't a strong fixture within the music video. As a result extra shots which appear in the music video such as the horse and carriage and Aston standing on his own in the sea were able to make an appearance, and are shots that i really like.
I really enjoyed the trip we made to Blackpool, and it was great to see my music video that i planned come to life on screen, as-well as being able to achieve exactly what i wanted to capture, and more. Making it a fantastic experience that i could share with friends, as-well as celebrating my 18th birthday whilst over there. I thing filming couldn't have gone any better, with some fantastic shots within the music video.
To bring my blog up to date, i have edited my music video, and it is nearly finished; im just adding final touches to make it run smoother. At the moment i'm having a little difficulty getting the lip-synch and music perfect. As when i move the video, in parts the lip synch appears perfect, but at the other end of the music video, it doesn't work quite as well. This makes me feel that lip-synching may not be perfect within the video at all. However I don't feel the difference is as substantial as it could be and at the moment i'm really happy with the way my music video has developed. Editing was rather smooth and wasn't too difficult to put together as all, because of the strong planning of the storyboard, which is something i didn't have when editing my thriller film. Right now im concentrating on getting the lip-synching as perfect as i can, as-well as making certain straight cuts in the video running a little smoothly. However sometimes i feel insertingvideo transitions, sometimes take the timing slightly out of the video.
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