Finding A New Location, Props And Costumes!

So after our last shoot went awol we had a lot to do! We had to find a new loaction, and decide on new costumes, we also had to gather props.

We found a really good location near our original location. It was a cycle track with next to a river (perfect for the first verse!) with nearby underpasses. It is far off a road also so we wont have a problem with car light interference or anything like that.

Props

We have gathered our props, they are as follows:

• Can of Stella (for Sheila)
• Bottle of pills (for Georgina's overdose)
• Bottle of alcohol (" ")
• Plastic baby doll (for minor character "Lisa")
• Bag of "drugs" (for Jack's drug deal)

Costumes

Sheila:

• Construction boots
• Pink footless tights
• Denim mini skirt
• Vest top
• Pink hooded jacket

Jack:

• Hoodie
• Joggers
• Trainers/Plimpsoles

Georgina:

• Baggy jeans
• T-shirt
• Hooded jacket or bodywarmer
• Ugg boots

Narrator

• Checked Shirt
• Trousers
• Smart shoes/plimpsoles

Planning Our Advert & CD/DVD Cover

Here is the plan we drew up for our CD/DVD:

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We decided that as we have to do our covers individually we are going to each have a different character on the front, so one had "Sheila" one had "Jack" and one had "Georgina" on the front. We think this is a good idea because it will make them all look part of the same promotional package yet still look different from each other. We are all going to use the same font, and take photos under an underpass so it looks dirty like the video.

Lights, Camera, ACTION!

So, we set out on our first day of filming our new video. we realised when we started to film that we hadnt given things such as props enough thought and so we were left unable to film alot of stuff because we didnt have the props we needed! Very stupid of us! We decided to film myself and Tana stumbling around the strrets acting drunk as we thought this could be back up film for a filler if we are left with gaps when it comes to editing.

Changes! -

Location -

My group and I all felt our location wasnt right. We had alot of cars pass us which meant we had to keep stopping and starting and the lights from the cars looked distracting on film. We also felt that it didnt look dirty and grimey enough for the look we was trying to achieve.

Costumes -

We also felt that the costumes we had decided upon wenrt the right look. They needed to look more chavvy and dirty, our first idea of comstumnes were, if you like, too "posh" for the look. As i was playing "Sheila" i discussed with my group the option of taking inspiration from the film "Kidulthood" and the character "Becky", as she had the chavvy, grimey look we wer looking for, and we all decided that it worked, below are some images of "Becky" from the film "Kidulthood"

"Becky" from "Kidulthood"

Planning Sheila

As we have changed the song we obviously had to plan our new video. We sat down with the lyrics like before and annotated them with our ideas about what we were going to do for each line. This meant we'd have a piece of film for each lyric so we wouldn't get to editing and realise we didn't have enough footage. We also decided on what our actors will look like and who our actors will be, Myself and Tana will feature in the video.

We decided to follow the story for each character in the song, "Sheila", "Jack" & "Georgina". For "Sheila" & "Georgina" they would both look rock chicky and rough, like its 5pm and they're still in the and clothes and make up from being out the night before, you can see this in the images below (note they are all celebrities!). "Jack" would be your typical chavvy "gangster" drug dealer look - hoodie, jogging bottoms etc.

Costume ideas for:

JACK:

SHEILA & GEORGINA:

Artist Information

Here is a little bit of research on the artist we are creating a video for plus a link to the official video for Sheila

Jamie T.
Background information
Birth name	Jamie Alexander Treays
Born	8 January 1986 (age 24)
Origin	Wimbledon, South London,England
Genres	Post-punk revival, Indie Rock, Hip Hop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Bass Guitar Electric Guitar
Years active	2005 - Present
Labels	Virgin

Shortened version of "Sheila":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_urZJ6Eykc

Album version of "Sheila":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_urZJ6Eykc

BIG PROBLEM!

HUGE problem!!!...

Our first day of filming: We go out and realise that the song we chose just wasn't going to work! We planned well, so that wasn't the problem, but our ideas were too "big" for the time, budget and equipment we had, and so we were hit with directors block!

Luckily whilst we sat on location in a state of panic about what we were going to do "Sheila" by Jamie. T came on the radio. We all began to sing along and thought about the video we could make for the song. Perhaps it was fate, perhaps not, either way we decided this was the right song for us and got to planning our new video right away!

Planning

Now we have decided on the song we are going to use we have began planning our video.
As you already know we have decided upon "Here in your Arms" by "Hello Goodbye" because we thought it had a good story to the song and would be easy to lip sync.
We started to plan by writing the lyrics out, so we could plan the story around the lyrics. We think this video needs to be light hearted and cheesy. The story for the video will be about a geeky boy who dreams about being with he girl he could never get.