Lighting & Lyrics

When filming we had to think cleverly about our lighting. We looked at our lyrics and thought about where we could place particular shots. For the lyrics "6 o'clock again the night is at an end", we inserted a shot of London buses turning a bend for one verse and a tilt shot of the sky during the day for another, this was to highlight the transition from night time which were shown in the clips beforehand. Once it  proceeded into the chorus, night shots of bright lights and 'club' scenes then came back as this is where the pace picks up in the song.

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