Still Shots

These are some still shots from our filming.

This is a still shot of Claudia, who plays the main girl, leaving her house when out looking for the boy. We dressed Claudia all in black with big sunglasses and a hat to obscure her face as we wanted her to look like a detective. We also see her putting a newspaper into her bag which will be used later on when she is seen peering over it to watch the boy. We came up with this idea on the day as we thought it would add humour to the piece because the song overall sounds very lighthearted. We may have to re-film these shots as we had originally planned on her bumping into the boy in daylight and the lighting in this scene is not very good.

This shot shows Claudia getting ready to go out in the spy scene. This was not on our original storyboard but on the day of filming our original idea was rather simple; a long shot of her. So, we decided to experiment filming her look into the mirror and then another looking into the camera so it feels as though the audience/camera is the mirror. This is so we had a variation of shots and more material to work with.

This is a close up of Claudia when she sings the lyrics 'his eyes are way too close together' to show the audience her emotions regarding the boy.

This is a still shot of Claudia watching CSI on television which is shown with the lyrics 'Saturday night I watched channel 5, I particularly like CSI...' This scene comes after she has been left heartbroken by the boy and we are showing how she is reacting to this when she is alone. We can refer back to this photograph for continuity if we want to add in more shots to this scene.

This is a still shot of Claudia talking about the boy to one of her friends. This is to show the audience that she has people around her who she can talk to if anything goes wrong. This can be seen as a social message to the audeince which is to talk about things that are going on in your life and express your feelings to those who are close to you.

We used a high angle shot for this scene to use more creative ideas to get all the action in like Claudia, her friend on the mise en scene. As the singer is feeling quite vulnerable here as she still hasn't got the boy she wants, we decided to show this through the camera angle as the audience are looking down on her giving them status over her.

This is a long shot of Claudia in the bathroom after she has seen the boy she likes with someone else. We decided to film her in a bathroom so that the video follows the narrative of the song. 'So I locked myself in the toilets for the entire night...' This scene shows how upset she is at this discovery as she is seen to be crying and leaning on the wall for support. This can relate to any teenager's heartbreak of not getting the person they want.