Filming With Glenn 3

During the half term break we had to re-film and find some new locations for our video for the final cut. With it being half term Glenn was available for a limited time, due to his numerous employment and band commitments. We therefore had to priotitize and plan a day around him so that everyone could go to London to film.

We agreed a date amongst ourselves and Glenn and prepared what we needed for the day, this was mainly the camera, tripod, signs for Glenn to hold and our plan of action so we didn't waste any time whilst in the city.

Southbank Filming

Myself, Matt and Jay traveled up to London early so that we could have the whole day filming, we wanted to film more locations to show the vast range of life and culture in London, so went to locations such as Trafalgar Square, Southbank, Tower Bridge and various streets and underpasses. We were also lucky with the weather on this particular day as there were clear skies and therefore the best day-light was available, which improved the standard of our footage as most of the previous was in slightly darker conditions.

Matt Setting Up The Tripod And Camera

Glenn joined us in the afternoon as he had to work during the morning, once he arrived we walked to the tunnel which would be used for our opening shots. Once we arrived and began filming the footage again looked a great deal clearer as we still had day-light. We re-filmed the opening pans and shots of Glenn singing so that we could replace the old, dark shots from previous filming. The location of this tunnel must be a popular filming location as it is similar to the Coldplay music video to 'Fix You', and whilst we were filming there seemed to be a photoshoot taking place on the other side of the tunnel.

Whilst we had Glenn with us I began to take some photos of him and his guitar for possible Digipak covers. Due to the title of the song being 'What A Life' it was difficult to think of a single image which could portray or connote the title of the song. I did however, remember some of Noel's other artwork on his singles, and some of them had Noel facing the other way looking into the distance. Taking this into consideration I took some photos from behind Glenn when we was walking along the Southbank near Tower Bridge. I believe photos such as this can promote the song title as Glenn is watching different lives around him, and at the same time a sense of voyeurism is created as the audience are essentially watching Glenn too.




Here is a short slideshow of some locations we visited whilst in London. They included areas such as Southbank, Trafalgar Square, Westminster and Buckingham Palace.