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This evening I filmed the "in the taxi" scene, without Amy or Sophie, but; with their approval.
To make this as good as it could be, I firstly considered the costume I'd wear. I knew it had to be a prom/party/evening dress to make our narrative cohesive; so I looked through what I had. I thought I should be wearing a bright one to stand out as the central focus when it comes to the final scene as the prom/party. A blue ASOS dress I have was suitable. Although I'd be seated in the car, I wore tights just incase my legs were visible, but shoes really didn't matter.

Next, my hair. Our narrative transforms me from being a composed and tidy character, into a messy, almost dirty one. So - I knew my hair had to match this. My hair was relitively straight from school, so I curled parts of it and backcombed others, to give me a ragged, run-down look. It should be decoded as my characters feels that everything is getting out of her control, and she's suffering as a result. She's changing as a person.


Then the make-up. This quite simply had to be a mess. I thought it would be good by this point for me to be/have been crying in the narrative, so I tried to match this. I applied heavy make-up, badly, as before. I made sure that it exactly matched how it had been when I put make-up on in the music video previously, so that it was also cohesive. I then added more eyeliner and mascara to smudge down my face. This looked a bit hard, and block-like, so I poured water down my face! I also took a bottle of water with me in the car to dab around my eyes if needed, as my "acting skills" aren't quite good enough to get me to stage real tears!


Camera angles. I got someone to film me firstly from the front passenger seat at a slight high angle, then from the passenger seat next to me in the back, finally followed by me holding the camera dirctly infront of my face for a full-on close up. This wide range gave us plenty of variety considering we only needed this part for a line/possibly two lines.

This was filmed whilst the car was in regular motion, otherwise it would be very confusing for the audience to comprehend that this is my character actually transferring locations.


Finally, my facial expressions. During this part of the music video my mood begins to change, as my anger transforms more into a drunken sadness. I made sure that I gave the impression that I was and had been crying, and conveyed the transfer from anger and agression so sadness and self-pity; perhaps with some regret too.

Overall, I think that even though this is a very small percentage of our overall video, the detail and attention I gave to it didn't allow for any glitches. It all ran smoothly. The lighting isn't great, but this can be fixed via Final Cut in school.