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Location wise we wanted more open areas to demonstrate child like actions (running around, having fun etc). Also, we wanted to film a few things that were indoors because they are either demonstrating when a child is going to sleep or Christmas/birthday. The locations we wanted to choose for the performance side were also outside because having a peaceful area around the performer is what we can see throughout other acoustic artists.

The location of this shot is rural Bourne. Even though there was a ‘no go’ in Bourne because it makes the video less realistic, we used the house highlighted for indoor usage. It is the perfect setting because the inside of the house is bright and spacious giving us a variety of different places to film. Here we planned to film the Christmas scene and Halloween (carving of the pumpkin).

Burghley house was the idyllic location for the performance side of the music video. Here there are large open spaces and wildlife that we could record and make fit in with the theme of our music video. With both bad and good weather we were open for ideas. For example there are a variety of different trees that we could ‘perch’ under.