the making of the GIVE ME MY LOVE video!

hello again!

Betty Donelly in rapid waters with the making of a new music video for her latest online single GIVE ME MY LOVE ...

here's the story:

i had submitted my song for a contest to win a music video making workshop which was actually more for cameramen and editing people but of course they needed songs and i got selected ...

i didn't have a camera crew to do the filming and the editing but the organisation who did the workshop kindly provided a crew for me ..

so .. on saturday the third, ... i knew the day was going to be very busy and hectic because after shooting the video, i had to perform with my dance group in another part of Brussels ..

well, at eight AM, my choreographer Jeroen rang my doorbell and after loading nearly all my music gear we got into his car we set off to the film studio ...

now, being the control freak that i am, and after hearing me out, the camera crew as well as the big shot director who leaded this workshop stressed that i'd concentrate on the acting and not so much on the camera points of view or techniques ...

so i kindly complied and being a good girl, i put my trust in the crew ...

first we had to create a story board on paper, where i went into a lot of detail ... the director said that it was high time to begin filming, because the whole thing had to be finished in one day ... we chose a studio with a black dance floor and mirrors on the wall, in fact a real dance studio ..

the giant room had rails for lighting and big wooden black background boards that could be moved allover ..

and so the filming began ... the crew decided to film the so called band first because i should put on my dance costume at the last filming moment .. in fact i played three different roles ... i put on a set of clothes for the bassist, which consisted of black pants and a red tunic ..my hair had just one big pigtail on top of my head which gave a nice effect ...

for the role of guitarist/singer i had a white short on (really mini!)and black stockings which in the video don'"t seem so black at all, due to various lighting ...and the guitarist/singer and the dancer had two cute pigtails ...

and then finally we filmed me in the role of the dancer ... the costume that i wore was borrowed from the wardrobe lady from our dance project .. i needed help in putting on the costume, and the lighting dude was very motivated to put me at ease , and help me with the costume and offering me drinks during the shoots and saying all sorts of cute nick names to me ...

but the other side was that it was nearly and also in effect a day of disaster ...

it started when we wanted to start filming when i noticed i didn't have my beauty case with me, so we had to go to a local store and buy all the make up all over again, which was around 26 €, which was very decent price for the many stuff that i purchased ...

in the make up room i had very little time to put it on because the camera man came like in to the room shouting "are you ready, Betty?" several times ..

after the shoot i was in the editing room when my choreographer showed up pointing at his clock and said that i had to hurry, so we quickly loaded his car again and headed t§o the dance venue where i immediately had to set up my music gear because in the dance performance i had to play some of my live music ..

BUT, in our hurry, i forgot the costume vest in the film studio so they had to have it sent over by taxi, and by the time it arrived, it was just in time to have it put on and open the show immediately ...of course everyone on our dance team was stressed out to the max but all in all despite some really nasty mistakes, the audience didn't seem to mind that much ..

so i hope you will like the video for my song GIVE ME MY LOVE

here it is ... do enjoy!