First Draft

This draft is the first of several. It only consists of a few shots because my ideas are still not set in stone.  I wanted to try editing and experimenting with my footage at first before coming up with a concrete idea, and I feel that this process actually helped me to figure out a more structured plan, which in turn will result in a better end result.
  For example, I discovered that it's more difficult to show everything you want to, visually, in a short amount of time than I anticipated.  This is something that needs considering when making a music video, because I only have less than 3 minutes to convey my narrative.  I also want the visuals and the lyrics to be connected in some way.  Therefore, I've decided that it would be best to write down what I want to appear on screen, how important it is (how long it's shown relative to the timing of the whole song), where it fits into the lyrics and plan a concrete storyboard from there.  It has been helpful though because I didn't have that understanding before, so now I know how to plan more effectively.
  I also learned about the importance of filming the same shot from different angles.  Rather than having a static shot on screen for too long, I was able to create a more interesting visual by showing it from different angles. (0:20 - 0:27) (0:31 - 0:36)  I was also able to exploit this to match the editing to the beat of the song, as the angle of the shot changes on the beat, thus following the conventions of form.
  A problem I encountered was creating a realistic looking pregnant tummy.  For this draft, we just used balled up tshirts to create an inflated pregnant look.  However, this was problematic, as the folds in the tshirt created bumps which didn't look very realistic.  The shape is also slightly wrong.  Maia also had trouble because she had to keep pulling it up, which was an obstacle for her.  For other shots where Maia actually needs to use her arms, this will be totally impractical for obvious reasons.  The best solution would be to buy a fake pregnant stomach, used in theatre and film.  These are far too expensive, some costing around £75 from the internet.  A solution suggested online, which will be a lot cheaper and fairly easy to do, is to use a beach ball. http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Fake-Pregnancy-Belly  (method 3)  Beach balls only cost around £2, if I need to buy one, or I could just borrow one from a friend for free.
  The first part of the video isn't actually how I intend the end product to look.  It's just to demonstrate the style of editing I will use with the actual footage.  The actual footage will be included in my next draft.

For my next draft, I will have gotten footage for the whole song rather than just the beginning.  I will post more drafts as my ideas become more refined; as my editing is more effective; once I've captured the abstract footage to the best of my ability; when the narrative becomes more clear and concise etc.