I decided that it would be good to visit Lowestoft beach around this time to capture some sunset footage before it reached winter so that we could record it whilst the weather was nice. This was advantageous to us as we managed to gain some impeccable footage. I also had to consider a few days before what time the sun set so we could get there on time to gain the best results. We, as a group, were planning to have the ending of our music video set during the end of the day so scenes in the sunset perfectly represent this . During our visit to the beach, I also managed to take some stills with a camera to show evidence of the location and how we interpreted it.
Sunday 6th October 5:45pm - 6:45pm
A week later, myself and the other person in my group visited the same location, however, we took footage of a slightly different area. The area of our primary focus, was preferable as it contained a wider variety of boats which strongly reflects our theme to our song 'Boat Song'. We managed to reach our location just after the sun began to set so we could gain scenes of twilight lighting in the early hours of the evening. This was ideal as the broad, neighbouring the beach at Lowestoft, had many lights that began to light up just as the twilight hour began. These lights made our footage very
idyllic as it gave liveliness and theme to the scenes. Me and my opposing group member compromised and agreed that next time we visit the beach (whether that be Lowestoft or elsewhere) we will go earlier on in the day so we can capture daytime scenery which will come before our other footage. Not long before visiting Lowestoft for the second time, we had decided that Zoe would be the main character in our music video as our other character we had in mind wasn't particularly reliable. This second time upon visiting to shoot , I managed to film Zoe amongst the boats at the broad. We, as a group, thought having a girl as the main character for the music video (instead of our original male actor) would be more suited than a boy as the song is sung by a male to a girl, to which we decided that girl would be Zoe.
What you could make clear is that Zoe is the writer's muse/inspiration. Thus the images of the girl indicate that she is the focus of his art. Thus the lyrics are illustrated in the visuals (Goodwin). Your accounts of the shoot are helpful, I'm also pleased you've uploaded stills as examples of planning and of your shots.
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