Plot and Filming Schedule

After examining the lyrics and listening to the music/beat from our chosen song 'Beautiful People', we managed to come up with an idea of going down to the famous South bank in London and filming a dance troop we have previously seen perform. We loved their routines and daring tricks used throughout and decided to do all our filming around them. The main sections of our music video will be the dance troop performing their routine live to an audience, from different angles and shots. The rest of the music video will be different acts and people along the South bank. Such as, singers, musicians, statues, skaters/bikers and general performers. By filming lots of different things from this one area in London, we felt we could really capture the atmosphere and heart of the people in London, linking to the lyrics really well. We also thought the dance troops routines would go perfectly with the fast and upbeat of the song, creating a happy and exciting mood for the audience.


We created  a filming schedule to ensure we could arrive in London and know exactly where we were heading, what time we needed to be filming by and roughly what camera shots we needed to use to create the correct effect for our music video.

Filming schedule:

Time	Content	Location	Basic camera shots
10.00	Film bikers doing tricks	Skate park-South bank	Low angle, close up, wide shot, mid shot
11.00	Performers, musicians, singers, shows	South bank	Close up, mid shot, long shot, wide shot
12.30	Dance troop	South bank	Front view, wide shot, close up, low angle, high angle, mid shot, long shot
14.00	Dance troop and audience watching	South bank	Side view, close up, wide angle, low angle, high angle, long shot
16.00	Views from riverside and bubble performer	South bank	Wide shot, long shot, close up, low angle

We followed this schedule as precisely as possible and the day ran as smoothly as it could! We managed to get everything we wanted to film, filmed within one day, leaving us with plenty of time to edit our music video. 

These are a few pictures from our filming day in South bank, London: