Preliminary task: Shoot

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We decided to film entirely at school, in the principal's office, since its aesthetic was the closest to what we wanted for the video. We were on a slight time crunch as all of us had separate classes so we tried to manage our time as efficiently as possible. Filming took us around 50 minutes since the final video was just supposed to be a minimum of 1 minute long. 

The MV included 3 actors, including myself, Dua, and Muhjah was the main character. We shot the scenes using Muhjah's video camera as we wanted a clean, crisp video. I was behind the camera for the most part, while Dua filmed a few scenes as well. 


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