Filming 'Falling for Orpheus'

The video for 'Falling for Orpheus' is nearly finished!

This is the first time that we went all out with making a music video and it's definitely paid off. Instead of attempting to film it ourselves, we got director Corry Raymond on board and his work is just brilliant. Working with someone new was initially scary as we've never really been told what to do or how to behave in a story-based music video before, we just did what we felt would work. But we soon relaxed and it became very enjoyable. Corry had a set idea of how he wanted the video to play out and having that kind of purpose was something none of us ever really had when previously filming. We just made it up as we went along.

We also worked alongside Anja's brother and filmmaker Scott Quinn who directed our 'Starlight' video and edited 'Dreams'. He was taking a step back for this video and assisting Corry in camera work and sound and it was lovely to see two professionals working so well together.

The first day of filming we did at Weston College in their performance studio. This was our section where we sat and sang looking moody. There were several sections where some of us had to hurriedly exit the shot when the camera moved away then back again which was actually really fun. We had a set word for when we were out of shot so that we could run off before we came back into it again.

The second day we did a couple of weeks later at the Bristol Dance Centre. Two very lovely and talented dancers, Mathieu Gence and Amy Thomas agreed to play our Orpheus and Eurydice with choreography from Judith Jarvis. This was the most wonderful performance we could ever have wanted.

Mathieu and Amy moved so well together and it was so beautiful watching them. Initially they arrived and ran through their dances with the help of Judith giving them advice and ideas on different areas. Despite very short notice they stepped up to the challenge of learning and creating dances. They then got changed and performed to us several times with different camera shots and movements to get the most amazing looking video.

The only parts we played on this day was Sally filming her electric guitar solo, and then taking it in turns to be the gripper (holding the extension lead for Corry's camera charger so that he didn't trip over).

This has been an awesome experience and we cannot wait to show everyone the outcome. The video will be released very soon!

Don't forget to reserve your tickets for the single launch on 17th April at the Watershed in Bristol where the video will be shown. The single is now also available to pre-order.