Darling, just hold on

28. Shooting Harry's first music video

28 Wednesday 30/03/2011

Harry's POV

I'm half awake, half asleep. I'm laying still with my eyes closed, still cuddling with Louis.
Jeff opens my bunk and wakes me up fully.

'Harry, wake up. It's 06.00.'

I open my eyes and see that it is still dark outside. 'Good morning.' I say.

'Good morning to you too. If you get up now, we can eat breakfast and still have time for you to meet the team, do your hair and make-up and see what outfit you are gonna wear. The stylist has a few options for you to choose from.' Jeff tells me.

I get out of my bunk and get dressed.

'What about the rest of the lads?' I ask.

'I have briefed Liam, Niall and Zayn yesterday while you and Louis already went to the bunks. Liam has put an alarm at 08.00 so they can be there when we start.'

'Thank you. I have no idea how things like this work. Do we eat on the bus or where do we eat?

'I've arranged for a local bakery to bring breakfast and lunch for the whole crew to the filming location. We just will arrive soon. I knew here wasn't a parking lot, we arrived at a parking an hour from here in the middle of the night.' Jeff explained.

At that moment, we arrive at the filming location. It is really beautiful and I want to run around.

'It's 06.30 now so we will get some breakfast and at 07.00 we will meet the crew. The director is already here, the rest of the crew, should arrive between 06.45 and 07.00. We will start with the briefing at 07.30. At 08.00 Louise will do your hair and make-up. And we will start filming at 08.30' Jeff tells me.

'Okey, let's eat.' I say, and we go to the table where breakfast is spread out.

'Hello everyone.' A male says. 'I'm Yoann Lemoine and I will be directing this music video. Harry, I believe Jeff already told you about the music video?'

'Yes, he told me. Jeff told me that we would start walking through the field but that I would be flying most of the video.'

'Yes, but their pieces through the whole video, that you will be singing on the ground while standing still or walking. So, we will start with the scenes on the ground first. After lunch, we will start with the air shots.'

Yoann tells us a few more things before Louise comes to get me for hair and make-up. The outfit I chose before the briefing, is laying there too so I can change right after Louise is done.

When I come out of the tent after I had put on my outfit, I see that Louis, Liam, Niall and Zayn have just come out of the bus and They look like they only just woke up.

'Okay, is everyone ready?' Yoann asks us and he gets a few "yes" answers in responds.

'Good, okay Harry, we will start the music and you will just sing with the music while walking around. Don't focus on the cameras. Just focus on the song and remember, we can always start again with a shot. Don't worry about warming up your voice because you don't really have to sing. The sound we use is the recording you made already. You just sing so your mouth moves at the right time. Try to articulate a lot.' Yoann continues to me.

'Sounds good.' I tell him.

'Okay, camera's on. Music starts and we begin.'
I sing quietly with the music but move my mouth like I'm singing for everyone. I really like it.