Ideas and Shooting the Video

After deciding we were shooting the video at the beach too, we headed down one cold morning to shoot as much footage as we could. We filmed both hand held shots and shots using the tripod when we all wanted to be in view. We wanted the video to have an amateur and fun feel rather than being a really serious story telling video. We had imagined it as being the bands first ever video and them just establishing with their audience what they are like from their own point of view (by using the footage from us filming each other). We also decided not to sing along in time to the song on the video as that would take so much time and organisation to get the shots perfectly in sync with the lyrics and timing.
We agreed we would wear different outfits, but keep the same colourful theme to keep the continuity.
We also had no exact plan or storyboard for the video. We wanted it to be improvised and thought of at the time as that's how we get our best ideas - spontaneously.

Plan for acting out the song;

I was not looking for arty farty love [We could draw a heart in the sand]

I wanted someone to love completely [Each band member can have an individual verse in which they are featured on their own. As it is the band's debut video, it would be good to introduce each character to the audience]

Someone

More than weekly

I was looking for a decent boy

For a tender glance

For a safety dance

The wuthering heights and the stormy nights

You give me ten thousand nights of thunder

But I will give them all back to you 'cause you're so ooh

(Doo doo doo) [At this point in the song, the rythm is quite up tempo and jumpy which means we can jump up from behind a rock and hide again.]

So ahh (Doo doo doo)[We can repeat the action here as the music repeats]

So cool

You came like a thief in the night and stole my heart

Ooh

Like a solitude erasure

Like an elevator

And I know we'd do anything for love [we could use the beach hut at the beach and walk up and down the steps of it]

(Oh yeah]

And it is you and me

(Whoa)

(Oh)

(Oh

For all eternity

The wuthering heights and the stormy nights

You give me ten thousand nights of thunder [We could choreograph a dance to repeat at every chorus]

But I will give them all back to you 'cause you're so ooh (Doo doo doo)

So ahh (Doo doo doo)

So cool

(Baby you're so super)

(Supremely)

(Ba ba di oh)

It feels like ten thousand nights of thunder when I spend one with you

You're so ooh (Doo doo doo)

So ahh (Doo doo doo)

So cool

(Baby you're so super)

(Supremely)

(Ba ba di oh)

Baby

Baby you're irresistible and I'm insatiable

Ooh

Ooh

Ooh

Oh

Oh

Yeah

Love is an ocean of sweet emotion [At this point, we could zoom in on the ocean]

(Sweet emotion)

You give me ten thousand nights of thunder

But I will give them all back to you 'cause you're so ooh (Doo doo doo)

So ahh (Doo doo doo)

So cool (Baby you're so super)

(Supremely)

(Ba ba di oh)

It feels like ten thousand nights of thunder when I spend one with you

You're so ooh(Doo doo doo)

So ahh(Doo doo doo)

So cool (Baby you're so super)

(Supremely)

(Ba ba di oh)

You give me ten thousand nights of thunder

But I will give them all back to you 'cause you're so ooh (Doo doo doo)

So ahh (Doo doo doo)

So cool (Baby you're so super)

(Supremely)

(Ba ba di oh)

Yeah

Doo doo doo

Doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo

You're so ooh (You're so)

So ahh (You're so)

So cool (Baby you're so super)

(Supremely)

(Ba ba di oh)

Doo doo doo

Doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo [There is a lot of repetition nearer the end of the song which means that we could repeat some of the actions]

(Oh yeah)

You're so ooh (You're so)

So ahh (You're so)

So cool (Baby)

(Baby you're)

Doo doo doo

The lyrics for the song are quite upbeat and happy which means we can have fun with this song and not have to stick to a rigid plan. I think the song works perfectly with the band image and the other products we have already produced. I also believe it appeals to our target audience ( teenagers ) as the song is easy to listen to and any one could probably enjoy it. Our location seemed perfect as some of the lyrics in the song referred to the oceon so we had some strong ideas already.

We ended up shooting just over 25 minutes worth of footage - not all usable obviously - so our next big task was to edit all of the footage to go along with the song in the background.