Green Screen

To film the green screen shots, we had to use three cameras to gain three different perspectives; one was a close up, one was a long shot and the other was a mid shot. We had to film 30 seconds of each different shot, in order to make sure we had a variation of angles to merge together. To change to different cameras, we had to press the buttons 1, 2, or 3 to switch to different angles.

Here are some images of the green screen room :

At the moment we are trying to decide what to use as the background for the green screen footage we recorded. We need something that reflects the theme and mood of the song and fits in with the video, which we have made to be dark and gloomy, but also kept an element of pop with the performance to keep the appeal to the target audience, which is teens.

For the footage we recorded of Beth waiting at a table, we originally were going to film a busy restaurant to contrast with her being alone and exaggerate it. However, as we were editing, we decided not to use this idea, and go for a more abstract look, to portray the shot as if Beth is thinking about what has happened in the past, where the boy she is s inging about has stood her up. We felt this linked with the lyrics "I guess i'm dreaming again".

So far, we have found these images as initial ideas:

For the shots we got of Beth lip syncing, we decided to use a spa rk le background with fireworks, to reflect the explosion of her anger and frustration. We are using these shots as the song progresses towards the end, as she is getting more and more frustrated throughout the song because the boy she is singing about doesn't want to be with her. We got the animation from detonationfilms.com, which had the sort of thing we were looking for.

Here are some examples from the website: