Today we went back to our first location where we had previously shot scenes with Louise and Eddie. This time we were back with Eddie but we had bought Bethany along to replace Louise. Filming went ahead really well and we managed to gather a lot of different scenes that we will be able to use. In our video we will be including a flashback which will be many different short clips all played out with a quick flash of light between each. For this to be effective we will need a lot of very short clips that will fill a substancial amount of time. Therefore we took to the understanding that we would need as much footage as possible so that we could gather together the best clips for our music video. We spent around 2 and a half hours filming and managed to get a large variet of different fight scenes.
We got the initial set up filmed so that we could establish the setting and lifestyle that the two characters live. We wanted to film these scenes from Bethany’s point of view as we felt this would reflect her vulnerability and we wanted the viewers to be sympathetic with her story. We showed Bethany’s story by showing her home life to begin with. We did not show Eddies work life and did not shoot many scenes of Eddie on his own as we did not want viewers to fully understand this character. By doing this Eddie became an enigmatic character and people would then associate him with a stereotypical abusive boyfriend.
On the day of filming we managed to an evolving argument that begins at the dinner table when Eddie is unsatisfied with his dinner. He throws it on the floor and begins to shout in her face. While filming these scenes I began to think ahead to how I would edit this to make it even more dramatic. I considered implementing a slow motion effect on these fight scenes. I felt that this would really show the anger that was being portrayed by Eddies character. The fight scenes were very violent. We had Eddie slapping Bethany and knocking her to the ground, we also had him pulling her hair and once again knocking her onto the floor, we felt that this action showed Eddies authority over her. He was always pictured above her and this suggests superiority. Even during his apology scenes, Eddie is looking down at Bethany and once again stating his authority. I would like to mention here that no one was injured during the filming of our video. We used clever camera work and good acting to produce scenes that appeared to be more physical than they were.
We then shot Eddies breakdown scenes where he feels some remorse for his actions. He is aware that he has taken things too far and contemplates ending it all when he lights a match. He is drinking alcohol heavily which suggests that he is an alcoholic. We also shot Eddie with a drink at the dinner table to create some consistency in his alcoholism. We shot this scene from the same angle so that viewers would focus on the content of the scene rather than the angles changing. This way, we were able to capture this scene from the same viewpoint and this intensified the footage as you became drawn in to the scene.
After this we began filming Bethany’s breakdown, where we see her looking dolorous and depressed. She is crying. To show this on camera as often tears go unseen through the camera lens, we smudged black makeup over her face and then dabbed this with water to create the effect that her makeup had run due to excessive tears. This scene linked in with Eddies apology so we took it from a high angle that looked down on Bethany to keep consistency in the camera angles.
Camera angles-
We shot a low angle shot of Eddie that looked up at him to reflect his power and authority over Bethany. We shot close ups of both of their faces as this was important if we were to fully show their true emotions. We needed these close ups to show the dramatic contrast of fear and anger between the two characters.
Props-
Alcohol (Red Wine) Eddie is supposed to be an alcoholic and so we wanted to choose an alcoholic drink that is stereotypical of this. Initially when we shot the scenes with Louise, we used Smirnoff Ice (an Alco pop) We soon realised that this would not be acceptable and would appear comical that a grown man known to be an excessive drinker would be drinking Smirnoff Ice, a low alcohol drink associated with underage teenage drinkers. We decided red wine is a strong and powerful drink that suggests more about his addiction than a can of beer would, as stereotypically many men enjoy a can of beer. Eddie is seen throughout the filming (specifically the fight scenes) with his bottle of alcohol. It puts the idea at mind that he can't let go of it. During Eddies anger and violent behaviour, he always has his bottle at his side and some might suggest that it is to blame for his violent ways.
Eddies suit was also something we took into consideration. We wanted him to be wearing something that someone in a high up position at work would wear. We felt a suit suggested power and authority at work and also pressure. The suit reflected his work position and his stressful job that causes him to drink and to become violent. So to speak "he takes his frustrations from work out on his wife" The suit was the only way we could reflect this as we did not want to film any shots of Eddie at work as this would take the attention away from Bethany’s vulnerability and people may begin to sympathise with Eddies character which was not what we wanted at all.
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