We wanted a location that offered us a lot of space to film in (high ceilings and grand staircases) so we could use the same panning and sweeping shots as the Somebody Who video which required a lot of space, but also somewhere with character so I didn't just look like an empty and even 'boring' building that would not reflect well on our song choice or band.
The search started by asking around people that we knew, Cotesbach Hall was one of our first thoughts due to its huge amount of character and grand features, unfortunately that was unavailable for us to film in.
We also looked at locations such as Stanford Hall, Kilworth House, Stapleford Park & The City Rooms. All of these are large stately homes, mansions or listed buildings with lots of character, open space and high ceilings that could be compared to the mansion used in Au Revoir Simone's music video.
Phoebe contacted these locations, a couple replied but were unable to help us due to budget issues and filming dates. However, we received a reply from The City Rooms, they were happy to let us film in that location on our chosen date (Tuesday 8th October) at a student price of £50 and were very flexible about what and where we could film. This gives us exclusive access to the whole venue including the ballroom, entrance halls, all corridors, staircases and the bar area.
Although The City Rooms wasn't our first choice of venue due to its commercial nature as a wedding venue it has given us a lot to work with. We have high ceilings and an open, unfurnished room to film in (unlike the other locations which were fully furnished). We are also allowed exclusive access to the entire venue from 8am-7pm, the other venues couldn't offer us this due to other guests and customers. Therefore filming a music video where we would be playing music, moving large pieces of equipment and making a fairly large amount of noise when customers and guests would be around would not be ideal for us as we would not be able to get on with our filming within the small amount of time we have to do so.
We feel that The City Rooms is a great place for us to film our music video. Although it is usually a function room for weddings and parties it is a 'sophisticated' location that works well with our band and their genre, the style of our music video (performance) and the style of song we have chosen (MSMR- Hurricane, which has a sort of eery/deep wave echo to it).
The City Rooms:
Main Staircase (reception hall)
Ballroom (will not be furnished on our day of filming)
Ballroom (will not be furnished on our day of filming)
Ballroom entrance
Main Entrance Hall
Grand Staircase in the bar
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