Planning: Performance

Once we had received word that More Than Conquerors liked our idea and wanted to go ahead with it, we all got together to discuss filming locations. We all agreed that we needed a semi-run down building to convey the destruction and desolation the main character feels in our narrative. After a wide variety of possible locations Ceára remembered the storage unit at the top of the Conway Mill nearby that she had been to once. Ceára set out straight away to phone Conway Mill and set up a meeting with the manager to ask about using the space. After she explained what it would be used for, the manager was more than thrilled to assist in the making of our music video, and welcomed us and More Than Conquerors with open arms.

As soon as Ceára returned to school with the great news, we needed to make a decision on appropriate dates that we could film the performance. This was the most difficult part as two members of our group didn't live near the Conway Mill and another two members had part-time jobs that prevented some days. After agreeing to film in Conway Mill we set a date to film on, however on the date we were planning to film Conway Mill were busy, so after coming together and trying to find a new date we finally decided to film on the 20th March 3013. After checking with Conway Mill and More Than Conquerors if this date was suitable, and getting the okay, we decided that we needed to make a list of all the shot types needed and what equipment we would be needing to film.

On the 19th March 2013 my group and I went down to Conway Mill to clear up the location and also set it up. Originally we had planned to have a bare set although when we arrived at Conway Mill we saw that the storage location was full of old rundown furniture. When we originally saw the furniture we were planning to just move it out of the way, although we then decided that the furniture would fit in with our narrative, and also with the idea of the song, being "Hearth and Home".

-Ceára