The Making of Dry: PHOTOSHOOT VER.

The Making of Dry: PHOTOSHOOT VER.
What's up SERA00 fans?? Have you guys listened to Dry yet? It debuted June 30.
~even if there's a sea of - woooooorries, worries/ even if there's a sea of - fear by your side~
Anyways I finally got around to posting another behind-the-scenes post; here you go!

Hey everyone! We're now here on the main photoshoot for Dry! We're all going to take the group photos, and then split up for the singles and small groups.
There will be four versions of Dry released. The Type S version, the Type E version, the limited version, and the theatre version. All versions contain the title track, Dry, the B-side coupling song, and the C-side coupling song. The S version contains the Team Aurora coupling song and the Team Angel coupling song. The E version contains the Team Night coupling song and Team Hope coupling song. All versions contain one of 50 official photographs, and come with a small photobook within the CD cover pages. The limited version contains the coupling songs for all the teams, plus a mini-poster, but off course they only produce a couple thousand of those. The theatre version includes all the team coupling songs and a ticket for the handshake event. It's a meet-and-greet usually held one month after the release date. Of course, there are a set number of those as well, as we can't possibly have half a million fans come to the handshake event. Mathematically, each girl would have to shake hands with ten thousand fans, and the popular members usually get longer lines. That would take forever. And finally, all versions contain a DVD with the music videos and behind-the-scenes material.
The costumes are really cool though. We got them yesterday :D and I guess it was sort of an idea, a piece, of what the music video would be like. After reading the lyrics, I can say that the concept behind Dry is basically something like this: Even if you have a sea of worries and fears, don't swim slowly but barge right through, and you'll come out dry. Isn't that cool? I guess it's another one of those inspirational songs! So the MV should be cool.
Anyways, we're at the photoshoot, and everyone's doing their makeup. We usually do our own makeup, unless it's a special thing that requires the skills of a professional makeup artist. There are over fifty of us, so doing our own makeup is the most efficient way. All of the members are encouraged to use makeup lightly, as they don't want drastic changes in the before & after. Although for this one, the makeup artists suddenly decided they wanted a different, darker, look than the basic ones everyone was wearing, so only ten minutes before the shoot, and they were bustling everywhere, piling on the eyeliner, mascara, and dark eyeshadow. Like, aren't we supposed to be swimming? No wait...Dry...yeah okay.
The costumes. Let's see... So everyone has variations of the same costume. Basically, on the bottom, there's a dark red mahogany skirt, and black pantyhose (is there a nicer sounding word for that -_-), and black combat boots. On the top, I'm not sure how to describe it. It would seem, that there's a white dress shirt, a camouflage patterned vest, and a black cardigan. Except they're all ripped and tattered and hang off your body. As for our hair, I would just say, messy overall. They have this hair clay which they pile into our hair, and then scrunch it up and let it go. It gives this messy, dirty, volumous look. Although some people have ponytails and others have braids, so I can't exactly pinpoint one style.
Kay, I'll be right back, we're taking the group shots now!
I'm back back back! Although to you, it hasn't been any time at all. Basically, for the group shots we just lined up in rows with the front rows lower and the back rows higher up, like in a school class photo. Except we do it in front of a green screen, so that the editors can play around with the background. After that, they took the photo of all the centres in front of the green screen. Then they took the set 50 photos, the ones that come at random with the singles.
The studio is set next to the beach (how convenient), so now, hoping the good weather will keep up, we are going to head outside and shoot the mini photobook photos, and the different CD covers!
They pick a spot where the beach blends seamlessly into the ocean. "Formation one!" the staff call. See? Even stage formations are useful during photoshoots. We get into formation, facing away from the ocean. It's supposed to look as if we're emerging from the ocean dry, although the back row girls are getting their feet wet. The staff are debating whether or not to put green screen around the feet of the back row girls to make it easier to edit, to make it seem as if the sea is parting around their feet. They decide not to.
It's around eight at night, and the sun is setting, giving us a glorious sunset background. "Quick!" the staff are yelling. They want to get this over before the sun sets on us. "
Most of the CD covers feature the top girls. The Type S features the Fab 4 girls, and the Type E features some of the centres and the other media members. The limited edition features only Angel and Luna, but the theatre version features me and Sassan!
Yesshhh I'm back...and the only one dripping wet -__- I guess you'll see us on the cover. Framed by a beautiful fiery sky, I'm soaked in the water, trying to get up, and Sassan is dry, and is giving me a hand up and holding a towel with the other hand.
And so that's your behind the scenes of the Dry photoshoot! Please support SERA00!