Filming session 28/01/14 Evaluation Part 1 (micro)

The scenes I filmed today was in the bedroom when she is getting ready to go out. The lyrics are below:

(2:23-2:28) 
Baby's all dressed up with nowhere to go
(2:28-2:33)
That's the little story of the girl you know
(2:33-2:37)
Relyin' on the kindness of strangers
(2:38-2:43)
Tyin' cherry knots, smilin', doin' party favors
(2:43-2:48)
Put your red dress on, put your lipstick on
(2:48-2:52)
Sing your song, song, now, the camera's on
(2:52-2:56)
And you're alive again




These are the shots from my story board I began filming today..

PUT STORY BOARD IMAGES

Props

• Red dress- The reason I chose a red dress was because in the song it clearly says red dress. Red also connotes danger and love. Showing shes dangerous and lovable, again an example of her 2 sides.
• Light up mirror- Light up mirrors are usually seen in Hollywood movie dressing rooms and are seen as glamorous and posh. I chose this particular mirror to keep in with the Hollywood theme of the clapperboard and the idea of the actress being filmed for a movie. 
• Turban Towel- Used to help with the getting ready process, showing her transformation from being unready to ready when she takes it off. I also put it in to symbolise the singer letting her hair down for her happy positive side.
• Foundation (makeup)- The foundation is showing her getting ready to look nice for people
• Perfume- The perfume is showing her wanting to impress people by wanting to smell nice which is ironic because if we was to see her other lifestyle (which the audience actually does in the video) of her doing drugs etc. we wouldn't be impressed.
• Giant mirror- I thought a good type of cinematography was seeing the singer putting her lipstick on the mirror, sort of being able to see it in her point of view and what she see's because that is generally what the video is about, to understand the pressure of the character with these 2 very different lifestyles.
• Lipstick- The lipstick is again another prop clearly stated in the lyrics.

Costume

The costume in these scenes make our actress to look innocent which she doesn't in a lot. Whats ironic about the costume is we see her going into this costume, which is basically saying that's how she wants people to perceive her and its not just a coincidence. The red dress i have explained already up there. I made her makeup again to look natural like the last scene i filmed. Again this natural look makes her look innocent, vulnerable and ordinary  Which unlike her other side, we know she isnt. She is also wearing false neat nails. This is a contrast to the black nails she had in the other scenes and the reason i chose to put these on her is to make her look more glamorous. The white dressing gown is also a stereotypical outfit girls wear to get ready in. 

Mise- En scene 

The mise en scene is mainly made up from the props which i have highlighted above. However I chose to film it in the bedroom which is a typical place in the house where a girl would get ready. Therefore we see her as a normal girl in this scene which we are not used to throughout. There is also bright lights as well used to emphasise the fact that this is her happy side. 

Cinematography

At the end of the scene we see a closeup of the actresses mouth forcing a smile. I chose to put this is because i want the audience to realise that everyone sees her as a happy girl which she forces when shes really not. I did a long shot of the actress walking up and past the camera to show us her half way through the process of getting ready in her red dress. I also did a mid pan shot of her wardrobe. I did this to show us she is glamorous and has all these clothes that she can afford, that we don't see her wear in the scenes where shes doing drugs etc. which is where she is wearing a lot trampier clothes. Again helping the audience differentiate and contrast between the two lives.

Post Production

In the post production part i just stuck to the same effects like the posts for her singing in the chorus in the bathroom. I used aged film and 50's TV again. 

What would I rethink about? 
The shot where the actress pulled the towel turban off her head wasn't done very smoothly. I could improve this by doing it again. A long with the panning shot over the wardrobe.