Location Shots/Costume/Casting

LOCATIONS
Our music video was shot in few locations these mainly comprised of:
Mousehold Heath, Norwich, we shot views of the entirety of Norwich City skyline as well as are outside spinning shots, (I held the camera and spun to create a shot of unease to the viewer but also as if our main character was having fun.) We also captured shots me running up the hill holding the camera, we wanted a lot of shots to be as if we were seeing the world through our characters point of view. Filming was also captured of nature such as; trees, plants etc...
While walking to Mousehold Heath we also shot shots of things we believed were relevant to our video, such as the river and parts of the cathedral.
The inside shots were filmed at Holly's house such as the lights flashing scenes, the fireplace and our character running out of the door.
A field nearby was then used to film her walking and also running, these shots are viewed in the video as her finally 'breaking free' from her family into the world.
And finally the dinner table shots as well as a few outside shots such as the dogs were shot at Billy's house.

COSTUME
Our young girls main character first is shot wearing a white dress, this portrays her innocence and
also helps highlight to the audience how young she is. As the video continues on she in then shown to be wearing a black dress (this is when she is outside) this also shows how she has escaped and lost her innocence.

CASTING
When it came to casting our main character, we needed someone who was young and yet was old enough so that they would not feel intimidated/scared when it came to filming this also meant that either Holly or I needed to know the individual. In the end we decided on Ellie (Holly's boyfriends little sister) she captivated all the characteristics we needed for our leading character; she portrayed innocence, pretty and was able to adapt herself to any shot we placed her in. Others would usually use an individual who has blonde hair (angelic) Ellie has dark brown curly hair but, I believe this suits our video even more as in black and white her hair is a contrast to the mostly white background and the white dress she wears at the beginning. Also at the beginning we have the lamps being turned on and off, once they are turned off she is able to merge into the darkness with her hair.