As we began filming our original idea we realised due to the weather and lack of suitable venues and characters that we needed to change our idea. So we began thinking about others ideas that would still fit in with the theme of the song 'Everyones at it'. In the end we came up with an idea we feel is a lot better and is a lot easier to film.
The idea is that the opening of the song is different montages of shots from throughout the video, this will give the audience an idea of the main theme of the song, the first verse goes into a mid shot of Kelsey in her bedroom having just woken up singing to the camera, the next shot follows the line 'It's meant to be fun, And this just doesn't feel right', where Kelsey opens her bedroom door to find a party goer (jade) on the floor clutching a bottle of vodka. This then pans up to a shot of Kelsey stepping over her and exiting left to the bathroom. A point of view shot shows the door being opened to find Kelsey all dressed up glamorously, in timing with the lines 'and it just doesn't feel right'.
We decided the scenes to cut out were the classroom scenes which have been swapped for the bedroom scenes, this has meant we were able to film in any conditions and found it actually worked out better as far as the story lines are concerned.
The next shot is a low angle shot from the bottom of the stairs as the chorus is playing of Kelsey walking round the corner and down the stairs, 5-6 stairs down she sits down and puts on a pair of black, paintent high heels, these connote sexiness and promiscuity. Through each beat of the song to follow Kelsey takes a step down the stairs until she reaches the bottom.
The next shot is a kitchen scene where theres a still mid shot of Kelsey sitting on the kitchen side with her mum and sister in the room totally oblivious of her, this quickly cuts to a shot of the mum and sister, where the mum is checking her head for a temperature and turns to get out some tablets which comes in time with the lyrics 'You go to the doctor, You need pills to sleep in. Well if you can convince him, Then I guess that's not cheating'. Again followed by another close up of Kelsey singing the lyrics 'So your daughter's depressed, We'll get her straight on the Prozac. But little do you know, She already takes crack.'. I think these lyrics fit perfectly with the shot intended.
For the new bedroom scene we chose to use a typical teenage girls bedroom however we didn't want to make it too girly as this wouldn't fit with the drugs theme to well. Kelsey is wearing grey pajamas and no make up to make it clear she has just got out of her bed. because there isn't a great deal of colour in the shot we kept the lighting quite bright as if the sun was shining in just as they lyrics state.
When Kelsey opens the door of the bathroom dressed for a party, there is a major contrast from before with bright red lipstick which has connotations of sexy and promiscuous. She is also wearing a silver glittery top to show that she is going to party with black slimming leggings.
Again the lighting is quite bright to show that she is alert and ready to go out and looking healthy.
The kitchen scene again has bright lighting, this is because we want it to have the effect that everything is bright and happy before she goes to the party where everyone is drinking and doing drugs.
The mother is wearing a dressing gown and we have positioned her to show status over her daughter, (Lilys 'Sister') so that the audience can easily spot the difference between them. It starts out with Kelsey sitting on the side singing acting as a gohst effect as if she isnt actually there, the daughter comes in to the kitchen with a headache clearly from drinking or taking drugs the previous night and her mum hands her some paracetamol. Throughout all this Kelsey is being totally ignored. She then gets up and walks towards the camera.
The following scenes we are keeping the same with cuts to still shots of Kelsey standing in front of a brick wall singing, this gives the impression of an urban enviroment.
We are much more happy with this idea and think the outcome will be a lot better.
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