1950's Re-Shoot

We have reshot the opening due to issues we had whilst editing. We were unhappy with the way the footage looked when we were trying to piece it together to create a believable 1950s setting. The first shoot was fairly rushed as well so this time we were careful to make sure that we had ample footage to play with. In this shoot we tried to use more realistic props and professional in comparison  to what we had done before. We also developed the opening more than we had beforehand, including the addition of dialogue.

Crucial changes we made to our opening - 

1. We made an adjustment to the outfit that Katy was wearing, we removed the cardigan to give the more natural effect as she is in her own home. It also makes her look more vibrant as the dress is red with the original white cardigan it took away the effect of her dress. 
2. We also made a clothing adjustment to Taran, the outfit he is in is more formal now and the hairstyle is more fitted to the time period we are looking at. This change in outfit definitely makes a difference to the way the shot feels when you are watching it. 
3. Change to several props, we added a more old fashioned looking radio that look better in the close up we are using it in as well as also changing the cake we used to a bigger size so that when it is thrown it makes more of an impact as well as having several more angle of it hitting him so that you can see the whole scenario. 
4. As I mentioned before we added dialogue which we will use subtitles for as we aren't sure whether or not the dialogue will be effective on its own. We can also have a go at finding a suitable font for this. 

Although we have made a massive improvement to the original footage we had the opening we now have is longer than and takes more time from the song, which is only around 3 minutes long and we have a lot of footage to fit into it. 

1950's opening shoot

We have started shooting our opening to the music video but we have shot it only a test footage and we plan to re-shoot it again after we have got all the major filming done. We wish to re shoot as there are shots we wish to change although the idea is staying the same.

This is the ideas that we had before the shoot -

We want the opening to show the female lead singer as a 1950's housewife who is tired of the same old boring lifestyle. We want her to seem to fit into her surroundings until the camera takes a closer look at her she will be wearing Doc Martins to show the element of a modern girl trapped as a housewife. 

We are filming in Katy's kitchen as it is less modern and we dressed the setting appropriately - 

This is an image of how we dressed the setting and we chose a darker colour scheme from the traditional 1950s. As many kitchens were either yellow or white, luckily the walls are white. But we chose the blue table cloth to show the male dominance in the situation. As well as the it clashing with the female's outfit, this is intentional. It shows the clash between the two people. As her partner is of an older generation.

For the opening we have picked up on the lyric 

"Your from the 70's but I'm a 90's bitch" 

We want the age gap to be clear. So we chose the 1950s look to make that clear, as there is a bigger change because it is an older time period.

Costume ideas - Housewife

Housewife (1950s Look) -
This costume needs to be quite stereotypical and fit the time period we are trying to portray. We wanted to make it as accurate as possible along with some tweeks to make it slightly more obvious that this is not the time period she belongs in.

Ideas -

Final Product -