Behind the scenes: Shortland Street's Winter Season promo
Shortland Street's Winter Season kicks off on Monday May 9th.
You'd have to live in Guatemala to have missed our glamorous and stunning promo campaign currently playing on TV2.
Get the inside info about what went on behind the scenes and the concept for the shoot from TVNZ's Marketing team.
The
Shortland Street Winter Season is one of the
highlights of the year for the show as it means one-hour episodes
building up to another feature-length episode.
We wanted to create something that really showcased the exciting
storylines coming up during the winter months, and our fantastic
creative team (steered by director Caroline Bell-Booth) came up
with a brilliant idea to do something really unique: releasing a
single.
Her vision for the shoot was old-style glamour something that
was evocative of the golden age of Hollywood (although
interestingly, none of the costumes from the shoot are actually
vintage, its all modern).
Here are the clothing details:
Angela, Shavaughn and Amanda's dresses are
from Second to None, 1 Kingdon Street,
Newmarket
Virginie's dress was from Across the Board; Rachel's dress is also from Above The Board, but you can buy the pattern from Vogue in their vintage section.
Caroline crafted a scenario where the characters' stories would
play out in a sexy speakeasy with TK caught between the sultry
maitre d girlfriend (Roimata), and the captivating singer with
whom he has history (Sarah).
The idea was for Amanda Billing to perform a song in the promo
which we would then release to fans to raise money for the NZ Red
Cross to aid the Christchurch recovery.
Some fans may not know Amanda has such a powerful singing voice,
and her version of The Buzzcocks
Ever Fallen In Love is a
smoky, jazz version of the classic track.
You can buy the track on iTunes
here.
There are a lot of choices to be made in the coming weeks for the Shorty characters and the aim of the promo is to leave viewers wondering whose side they're on.
It took an enormous amount of planning to get so many cast
members away from the hectic
Shortland Street
shooting schedule, but we thought it was worth it to flesh out the
club with other Ferndale residents.
The other patrons of this club are playing out their own dilemmas
and inner turmoil - Chris is caught between his former girlfriend
Gabrielle (the one that got away) and his on-again-off-again
girlfriend Rachel, and he finds himself wondering if he's made the
right choice.
Across the room, Hunter and Paige are flirtatiously playing a game
of cards reflecting their competitive rivalry, as well the
potential for dark consequences later down the track.
You won't miss an episode of Shortland Street's Winter
Season:
