Omar’s A2 Media Blog

 For our outro to the Music Video we wanted a more open area in which we would be able to place the tombstone and the place in which the Main character thinks she is talking to her best friend but in reality she is dead and the film ends at the point where the Main character see's the Tombstone.  The Tombstone we decided to use was fairly close, It was just a 10 minute drive which made it the perfect location for us to conduct the shoot.  Below are a few pictures of the location: 

 For our third location we wanted a location that would show that the Protagonist is working and in a more professional workspace. The Location was intended to be used as an office and we had remembered the office that we had last used in our previous project in AS and decided to use the same office for the part where she returns from the flashback by her assistant bringing her out of the flashback and the main character deciding to storm out. 

 The second location we chose was Joyland which is a Theme Park here in Rawalpindi which was going to be used for the Flashback in which the Protagonist and the Best friend would be spending the day together which we would add to the music video to give the music video a more rustic feel. We wanted a location in which we would be able to get the exact results we wanted. 

 The location which we wanted to start off with was the lounge which we had made the protagonist sit on the chair and go through her laptop to find a the pictures of her and her dead best friend which eventually transitions into a flashback of the whole day. 

The actors we needed for the music video: -2 best friends:  main character/ Best friend # 1  dead girl/ Best friend # 2 - Assistant Due to the ongoing pandemic, it was very difficult for us to find any friends who we're willing to play the role since most of them are really camera shy or do not want to participate in the music video itself because of confidence. We needed someone who would be confident enough to be able to play the part in the best way possible by expressing the emotions we wanted to be displayed through the lens.  Not only that, we ended up finding a couple of people who were willing to help us out however their schedules didn't end up matching ours causing this plan to fall apart as well. At the end we were able to find 2 actual best friends who we're more than happy to work with us with the music video and one of our friends was more than happy to play the role of the assistant in our music video as well.

 Below is the storyboard:  We decided to have the storyboard be digital since it would be much clearer and easier to understand.  Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

 We had sent an email to Ed Sheeran asking for permission to use his song photograph for our music video and also included that it was only to be used for educational purposes. The screenshot is added below: 

 Due to the Pandemic regarding COVID still putting our lives at High Risk, we decided to go for the special consideration which would mean that we would be awarded our grade depending on our Blog and Short Film Opening.  After the opting for special consideration, thankfully I was able to achieve an A grade on my previous project which was highly motivating for me to keep doing media in the best possible way. It even motivated to start editing on a more everyday basis and everyday I learnt something new regarding editing. 

 This music video will be about a girl who lost her best friend in her past teenage years (younger years) and is reminded of it again in her adult years which causes her to ponder and reminisce.  The reminder of her friend is abruptly brought upon by a folder that she comes across one night which somewhat shocks her to her core and from the transition directly to the office to the next day showcases that she spent the whole night thinking about the folder. The next day when she finally gets the courage she opens knowingly that it has pictures of her and her best friend, she opens it and looks for a specific picture that she has with her best friend of a day at the amusement park which was unforgettably fun for the pair. This sends her down a spiral of thinking about her best friend. This can be seen from the constant flashbacks with every path she takes, a reminder of her best friend seems to appear, from the swings in the park to the trip they took to the amusement park, ever...