First Shoot: re-shoot

Having watched back our footage from our first day of shooting (the performance shots in the empty unit) we weren't entirely satisfied with the material produced. Whilst we were fully aware of the lighting being framed in the shot, and wanted to get this "lense glare" effect, the shot was framed so that the the bulb was half visible in the top left corner and so didn't really look as if it belonged in the shot. Also, the close ups we shot were quite grainy as the characters weren't lit well from the front, causing the eyes to look black and the face 'ill'. For this reason, we decided to return the location and re-shoot. This time, we lit the characters well from the front and behind so that both the lense glare/spotlight effect and healthy 'glint in the eye' were present. This was achieved by placing a light very close and directly behind the singers head, and directional lighting directly infront so that no harsh shadows were created. This meant that the shot looked as if the lighting was intentionally placed behind the character, as opposed to accidentally framed.
After this, it was quite late in the evening and raining, so we decided to film traffic over the A21 in Tonbridge which we would later speed up to show time passing. This effect has been used by The Script before and we belive it well suits the song as it shows time passing and ties in well with the lonely, longing nature of the track. Whilst it was very cold and we got extremely wet, our dedication to our music video prevailed and the end result was success. Medium close ups of traffic driving through puddles gave a nice aesthetic as the headlights showed rainfall and the connotations of the rain are sadness/lonlieness, again, suiting the track well.