As a group we decided to use Daft Punk's Get Lucky, as it was a popular song at the time and the mise-en-scene of the video was easy to replicate.
We had to assign roles within the group - director, cameraman, story boarder, location/mise-en-scene/props scout and actors. I was a story boarder and hand-drew the storyboard which I feel could have been more thorough as we were missing some shots during the post-production. When storyboarding, I was always asking the director (Sophie) what shots she can imagine will look good. I felt this approach was very flexible as the directors input allowed me and the other story boarder (Yasmin) to discuss what would look best.
We found that casting the right people for the parts very straightforward, yet the lead singer (Pharell) was quite hard to find the right person to play the part. This was because we did not have long to shoot the video, so we had to ensure that the person we chose was willing to lip-sync, dance and know the song well.
The director wanted to shoot against a black background like they did in the video.
We had to base the filming around school as that made it easier for the whole group to be together when shooting. We found a black background behind the stage, yet we missed a lot of opportunities to film as we did not think ahead and book the hall out. An advantage of using the stage is that we got to use all the theatre lights, this helped to make the video look more polished, professional and more like the official video.
We decided to use motorcycle helmets as costumes as they were quicker to get hold of. We did throw around the idea of making the video have a more light-hearted feel by using cardboard boxes instead of helmets. The director felt that this would not be as effective as using cleaner looking helmets.
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