Teacher Feedback:

Once we had are basic idea we told our teacher; Mrs McLuckie, to get relevant feedback, so we could build on our ideas. Or discard them completely if it was bad. Overall it was good feedback she liked the idea, particularly the twist at the end. But her main concern was setting. Although whatever we make will look amateurish, because we obviously haven't got the budget or resources to make an 'amazing' video, we can try our best with what we have got so it looks professional to some extent. So the choice of filming it in a house was considered as a hindrance, because that usually automatically rings A level school project. It is an easy way out, and often looks very amateurish. Furthermore it was too focused on the narrative and we needed to add in some spontaneity, random images to disjoint the video.

We went back to the drawing board and discussed possible locations; we discussed various clubs, and pubs that would work. But the problem with using anywhere like that is of course gaining access, and directing the people in there. It was unfeasible, as far as we were concerned. As appealing as a 'professional' setting such as a club sounded it wasn't really an option. So we decided to make a conscious decision and stick with our guns to film it at a house party. We have seen a few videos filmed at house parties that still look visually exciting (notably; Lady Gaga's Just dance).

We then discussed random and intriguing concepts to add into our video. I came up with an idea that everyone at the party is wearing a different animal mask, so you can never see who the lead is talking to. However the cost of obtaining these masks would have been expensive, so we had to disregard that notion. But there were some ideas discussed that we will try and maintain, which you can read about in the following 'scene by scene' post.