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gorillaonabike

So... I am going to be shooting an artist in a music vid in December for a slow, sad ballad. This will be indoors in a large space she is happy to hire with half-decent lighting control. I will be shooting a narrative story based on the idea she is dumping her lover because he cheated on her. The only issue is she has problems walking.

In case you want to know what she looks like - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYNrFPTQqVI&noredirect=1 - DoP'd by the magnificent 'Salacious' in difficult conditions and cut together by me.

I have a whole series of ideas around this and there is lots of sitting down. However, for the scene where she discovers him cheating on her - well, I'm open to lots of ideas. What do you think? How would you get a woman who can't really walk to discover her lover is cheating on her? The parameters are I want it shot on the same day everything else is being shot, it has to be done in a large indoor space where we can't do too much (maybe add a chair or two) and the singer needs to use a cane.
 
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Lipstick on man's shirt,face,underwear etc. A cliche cutaway of slowmo breaking glass. Water drops on the window with her reflection in it. Burning photos of them together. Text on the phone.
 
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gorillaonabike said:
How would you get a woman who can't really walk to discover her lover is cheating on her?
  • shot on the same day everything else is being shot,
  • it has to be done in a large indoor space where we can't do too much (maybe add a chair or two)
  • and the singer needs to use a cane.
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Will there be an actor there to portray the lover?
And a third for the third party?

Otherwise, the discovery could be via cell phone - lover's.

Is the artist healthy enough to portray a convincing fall? You'll need to provide a crash pad, of course.

  1. Moment of discovery
  2. Realization
  3. Flash of lightning - your creative problem to solve :)
  4. Artist faints/falls/drops to her knees - edit the drop to the crash pad, cut, begin the short drop contact with floor.

Another "more extreme" idea is to have a meters long red silk-like fabric pulled from her chest (in profile or 3/4) at a very rapid rate, symbolizing her heart being torn out.
Then she drops to the floor, knees or ad lib.
 
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It's the age of technology - as has been pointed out. She see's pictures on social site (FaceSpace or MyBook, etc. if you don't want to step on copyrights), gets ahold of his phone, he sends something to her by mistake. And there's the good ol' sees them coming out of someplace together - she can be sitting in a car.

Use a combination of all of those ideas as she puts the picture together (OOH! She puts together a puzzle as she's singing!)

Of course you could just stage it all right there in front of her - literally a "play" she is watching; either real or in her head.
 
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Alcove Audio said:
Of course you could just stage it all right there in front of her - literally a "play" she is watching; either real or in her head.
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This looks really good. The other ideas are pretty good as well but we have a couple of logistical issues with a couple of them.

Specifically, dropping to knees etc... would be difficult for her and while the social media and texting stuff is good, I think seeing it visually would be stronger (and one helluva lot easier in post!)

Salacious' camerawork made her look more mobile than she is in very difficult circumstances. However, it's interesting - maybe for another vid.
 
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mlesemann said:
Why not do it in reverse - THEY walk in to where SHE is, instead of the other way around?
A bar table w/a glass of red wine or food on the table suggesting a bar or restaurant perhaps?
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D'oh...

* slaps forehead *

That's a pretty good idea too.

Could combine them... She's singing and around her, this all plays out. Could do a 70s / 80s style multiple split screen look all the way through. Need to disguise the lack of movement.
 
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