Song Permission and use of his acting

As I changed my song to a more fitting one called 'Movies' because the lyrics illustrated the narrative I was trying to capture I then gained permission from the writer of the song, as he is also my actor he gave me both premising for the song to use in my film as well as any footage of him in the video.

Day 3 shooting

Day 3 shooting was outside in the open at a place called Coronation Park, which is available for all public and has no laws about filming, we made sure no one else was in the space when filming and we didn't disturb any of the locals or the scenery just simply shot my character walking from a gate to another gate. This took only 10 minutes and it was for the shot to show the difference in years a coming of age for my main character. In the 70's footage we see a little boy walk about the park and streets, and in the footage i shot we see today a grown man walking in the same place and shot in the same angles to show the coming of age.

Day 2 shooting

Day two consisted of shooting the music video in someones flat above a shop, this was because I needed a run down place to hold the videoing of a person miming. This included a dark room and studio lights to make it dark and mysterious. I original set out to not use any characters but as I changed the song I had an opportunity to shoot the singer of the song, and I believed for the first time that using someone miming would benefit my video because the person I knows everything about the song and would get the miming perfect.

The second day of filming also included different shots of the person I was using without showing his face it was important to keep the character from being seen my the audience because it would make for a much better impact when the audience were faced with his face singing into the camera. I did the shooting of him by using high shots, over the shoulders shots and view point shot this was all to add suspense and mystery to the video.