PLANNING THE SCRABBLE/BOGGLE SHOOT

Influenced by The Maccabees' Precious Time video, we wanted to use stop frame animation to be creative with our choruses. We are going to use Scrabble and Boggle to spell out the lyrics in the chorus that stand out to illuminate the lyrics.

In the early stages we tried this shoot at my house, it was good practice but the shots had poor natural lighting that day - it was a dull overcast day - despite setting up near the conservatory. We are very happy with concept but are planning our second shoot more thoroughly and are going to shoot in a location where the light levels can easily be controlled.

We will use an artificial light to bring out the vibrancy of the shot. We have chosen to use the DT studio because it is well lit and also there are tables large enough to hold the board and enough clear space around to set up the lighting and camera tripod.

We will use a digital SLR camera with a tripod which enables longer exposures without camera shake as this will capture the most detail.

My partner will take the images as he is a photographer anyway and I will manually control the light levels and do the set up for each shot.

The lyrics in the chorus that we are spelling out are:

Yeah yeah and it's okay.
I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way.
Yeah yeah and I'm alright.
I took a sip of something poison but I'll hold on tight.