At Long Last, Filming is Now Completed!

 

When filming the last few parts of my music video I got struck with inspiration and began to film other scenes that I did not plan in my story board. I majorly filmed the scenes where both characters are surrounded by all black and the camera captures them. This would serve as a relaxed moment in the video; a break from all the other things going on the video. I initially decided I would just film the hamster and dog by themselves with nothing else, but I decided to change that. Instead, I surrounded them with flowers as a representation of their love. I took a few videos of them surrounded by flowers and then one by one I would take the flowers away to show the diminishing love. Getting my dog to sit down in one place and look at the camera was a big struggle; she already wasn’t feeling well that day, so it was a little hard to do. The hamster was even worse, and he never stayed in one spot and kept roaming everywhere. I surrounded multiple items I could find over the area I set up, to keep Kevin from scurrying off. One of the items I used was his cage which he fought to get back into majority of the time. At one point my dog stuck her head inside the cage and tried to eat Kevin’s food, but in the end, I successfully got my clips. I used my phone and camera for filming this time around. I recorded through the social media app, Instagram, since it had a diverse amount of filters that fit the scenes I was trying to portray. Earlier I discovered that there are certain things that I can’t use in my video. For instance, the animated clock I put in previously would not be allowed because it was someone else’s animation. So, instead I filmed my grandmother’s retro clock and turned my phone counterclockwise while filming to represent time reversing. I also used a gif of a bird which also wouldn’t be allowed, so I recorded an artificial dove, that was a part of a decoration set in my house and flew it across the screen. I later got to film the very last few storyboards where someone retrieves Kevin from his cage and Faye (dog) awaits him happily only to be crushed. I used my brother as the individual to retrieve Kevin. Convincing my dog to stay in one place required a lot of treats and hand gestures. I decide to make the scene into different cut scenes. I cut the scene into three parts one part where my brother is walking towards the cage, another where Kevin is in his hand, and the last where he is walking away. Faye can be seen left behind, and with that all my filming was concluded.