Thursday, 6 January 2011

News Flash: Changes to our video.

From our feedback from our first cut and as a group, we have come to the conclusion, to not use the train sequence at the beginning of the music video because it does not tie in with the overall feel and style of our music video. We were told it looks "mechanical" and it does not fit in with our overall intention and the storyline of the indie pop song. Our first thought in the planning stage, was to use our actress (Georgia) to get off the train when it reaches the platform to signify that she does not know where to go. We wanted to play with the lyrics visually, so we came up with the idea of using a train.

Instead, we are going to use a motage of shots of the location and we are going to use cross-fades to show the transition. This fits in with our influences from pre-raephalite paintings/films (Pans Labyrinth) and films from the indie genre. (Taking Woodstock)

Maybe we could of used a train in our video, but not a normal train from our local station because visually it looks odd, tacky and out of place. Instead, to keep up with the feel and style of our video, we could of incorporated an old steam train which probably could of worked. The downside of this idea, is that it is very difficult to find an old steam train and to have permission to film on one.

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