Jess picked Milly up at 5pm on Thursday and came to my house around 5.10pm. I had already set up the cameras and got Millys first costume ready to save time, she wore a silky black dressing gown, pink shorts and a navy top, this was supposed to look like pyjamas.
We began filming Milly in the kitchen, following the shot lists which we had previously written in class/ We started by filming her take a cup out of the cupboard and placing it on the work surface, then boiling the kettle, then pouring the water ect. We changed the camera angle each time so we had a variety of shot types. We then filmed her sitting at the table and receiving a text from George, this took a lot of over the shoulder shots to get the right lighting on the phone. After that we filmed her from behind in a low angle walking out of the room. We filmed this section of the video in about half an hour - forty five minutes.
Then we got on with the bathroom scene, which took much longer than the kitchen as it was difficult to film with all the mirrors around, so we had to experiment a lot. We used onions to help make her cry, however this didn't work, so we had to use water from the tap, although they weren't actual tears, it still looked relatively effective. We filmed her getting into the shower, and doing her make up in the mirror, and after many experimental clips, we eventually had the footage that we needed.
Finally we wanted to get a clip of Milly using a sparkler outside, we made sure we all had plenty of clothing on as it was not much more than 2 degrees outside, so we all wore big coats and scarves. The LED lighting didn't work as well as we wanted it to, so me and Jess moved our cars and used our head lights to light the drive way. This looked excellent, however after all that effort the sparklers didn't light because of the wind. Unfortunately this meant we couldn't film that clip, however we have planned to go to my flat in Birmingham with George, so we can buy some more and film that there instead.
We began filming Milly in the kitchen, following the shot lists which we had previously written in class/ We started by filming her take a cup out of the cupboard and placing it on the work surface, then boiling the kettle, then pouring the water ect. We changed the camera angle each time so we had a variety of shot types. We then filmed her sitting at the table and receiving a text from George, this took a lot of over the shoulder shots to get the right lighting on the phone. After that we filmed her from behind in a low angle walking out of the room. We filmed this section of the video in about half an hour - forty five minutes. 
Then we got on with the bathroom scene, which took much longer than the kitchen as it was difficult to film with all the mirrors around, so we had to experiment a lot. We used onions to help make her cry, however this didn't work, so we had to use water from the tap, although they weren't actual tears, it still looked relatively effective. We filmed her getting into the shower, and doing her make up in the mirror, and after many experimental clips, we eventually had the footage that we needed.
Next, we filmed in my spare bedroom, (this was empty as it was unused which added to the effect we were trying to achieve.) we filmed Milly getting into her outfit from the previous night (18th January) which was the black starry corset and the leather leggings. We filmed close ups of the designer labels to connote her wealth and we intend to speed it up in our video for the up tempo sections of the song.
It was around 10pm when we had finished this.
Finally we wanted to get a clip of Milly using a sparkler outside, we made sure we all had plenty of clothing on as it was not much more than 2 degrees outside, so we all wore big coats and scarves. The LED lighting didn't work as well as we wanted it to, so me and Jess moved our cars and used our head lights to light the drive way. This looked excellent, however after all that effort the sparklers didn't light because of the wind. Unfortunately this meant we couldn't film that clip, however we have planned to go to my flat in Birmingham with George, so we can buy some more and film that there instead.
Some pictures of the shoot can be shown to the right:
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