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The 'Shine On Forever (Photo Frame)' video shoot

Hey All,

We recently shot the music video for our brand new single "Shine on Forever (Photo Frame)" and although we filmed behind the scenes for all of you guys to get the full experience (video blog coming soon!!) We thought we would write a blog to let you know all about our day.

For weeks we had been planning the video day. Everything from choreography to styling, directors to venues was ready.

The night before the big day we had a fitting at our hotel in London. This was soo exciting as there were so many amazing clothes and shoes to pick from. 3 hours (and 1zillion) outfits later we had picked our favourites for the shoot..

We never slept a wink the night before as we knew that we had to be up at 5 ready to be at the venue for 6!

The venue was called the lightbox and basically did what is said on the tin.... A room covered in lights! It was spectacular and we were so excited when we walked in and saw all of the people there ready to make our video!

We went straight into hair and make up to get ready for the first shots of the day... The dance routine.

When we got on set we had a quick rehearsal with Harvey the choreographer and our dancers, The Waacktitioners and then we were ready to roll! We did the dance about 50 times and it was absolutely boiling so we had the make up team on sweat patrol!

This video has such a different feel than our old videos so the director, Lauren Pushkin, kept shouting out directions over the music with her massive megaphone (mainly "SARAH, STOP SMILING" (what can I say I was happy!!) and "SEAN, SING!!!").

Then it was back to hair, make up and styling for the second look. At this point all of the 40 extras were arriving and the venue was electric with everyone buzzing around getting ready! All of the extras were fab and really created that fun, club scene we wanted.

When we were on the club set it felt like we were having one big party and didn't feel like we were shooting a video at all! We loved this part of the day (although when we had to dance to the sped up version of the song we all looked a little mental!).

The set was made private for our separate love scene shots so we wouldn't get too embarrassed (plus who wants to watch there brother/sister flirting?! Not fun! Ha!) So I (Sean) was taken into the corridor to film with my love interest for the day. I had never had to act like this before but after about 2minutes it became quite natural and let's face it, who wouldn't want to dance with a beautiful girl!

I (Sarah) had to lay on a surface made of lights and sing to my love interest. It was so awkward at first and so far removed from any performance I had to do before but it looked really cool and everyone in the room tried to make it as comfy as possible! Now I know how film stars must feel doing love scenes! Weird! Lol!

The last shots of the day were the close ups and by this point we had got used to being around the cameras so it was simple and we could just enjoy performing. We obviously couldn't see ourselves on screen performing but everyone watching the moniters were oooing and ahhhing so we guessed we were doing alright! Haha!

Then as the day came to a close there was only one last thing to do "That's a Wrap" and crack open the champagne to toast to a successful video!

We can't wait for you all to see it now and check back soon for the behind the scenes footage!

In the meantime we would like to thank everyone involved in the day.... Lauren Pushkin and all at PMA Digital, Jess the Stylist, Keeley and her team from Billisimo on hair, Lucy for her awesome make up, Harvey our choreographer, the Waacktitioners, Kane Silver, all the extras and of course everyone at PopLife!

We will be back soon with our BRAND NEW VIDEO!

Love Sarah and Sean xxx

Pre-order via text now available

Hi all you lovely people, you can now pre order Same Difference’s new single ‘Shine On Forever’ via SMS. Just text sd to 78789 and you will be able to download from the 29/08. Texts do cost £1.50 plus your standard network rate. Download in mp3 format (compatible with IPod). UK only.

Gig Date Changes

Hi all,

Just to let you know that there are some changes to our summer tour of
pontins. We are no longer doing the scheduled dates In June as these
dates have been replaced by new dates in July. Anybody who has booked
on dates that we are no longer appearing on and would still like to
see the same difference concert tour should contact pontins customer
service to ask to transfer dates. A full list of gigs can be viewed on
our diary page. We apologies for
any inconvenience caused however we disclaim any responsibility for
changes made.

For contact details please click the link:

http://www.pontins.com/book-your-holiday/contact-us/

Thank you,

The Same Difference team.

Shine On Forever (Photo Frame) - The New Single

Hey all!

The suspense was killing us but we can now reveal the new single is called 'Shine on Forever (Photo Frame)'and is out on AUGUST 29th.
We have had a mad few weeks rehearsing the dance routine for the new single with top choreographer Harvey, and getting all the preprations ready for the video shoot. We are soo excited to get filming the video in the next couple of weeks and for you all to hear the full version, In the meantime you can hear a sneaky preview in the music section. Let us know what you think and you will be able to PRE-ORDER the single very shortly! Also tell all your friends and family and get spreading the SD word.
Hope that you are all enjoying the sun and keep checking back as we have new video blogs coming soon.
Love love love
Sarah and Sean x

New Single & Opening Night

OK before we start telling you about our week we have something very very important news to tell you all!

OUR FIRST SINGLE FROM OUR 2nd ALBUM IS OUT AUGUST 29th!

Yes people we have finally set a launch date and we hope you have all set reminders, entered it into diary's

and posted like mad men on your facebook accounts as its a very special day and we can't wait for it to be out for you all to hear and boogie too!

Now that excitement is over... Our week...
We had our final rehearsals, opening show night and a trip to Ireland all in 5 days! On Thursday we spent the whole day rehearsing the final cut of the show and had our costumes fitted! I (Sarah) couldn't wait to see what our stylist, Tracy, was going to put us in and I wasn't disappointed! You can imagine my excited screams and spasms when I saw sequins and glitter galore and my very own Rachel from glee outfit! The next step was to work out how we were going to change from one outfit to the next in exactly 24 seconds! We don't make things easy on ourselves! Lol!

We were really nervous on Friday as it was our opening night in Southport and we had soo much to remember! Before the show the whole team came together to do our ritual team chant (together, together, team SD! (yes we are geeks! Lol!)) and when the lights went down the adrenalin backstage was incredible! From the moment the team went onstage the audience were on there feet and getting involved! By the time we came on the room was electric and it felt so amazing to be doing a full show again! We loved it!
The show was a great success and the weeks of rehearsals really paid off! We want to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone involved including our choreographer Tracy D, Wayne, Jamie, our wonderful stylist Tracy, all of the lights and tech people, James Woods for the screen montages and VT's and the amazing team of dancers Ben, Sean, Callum, Gary, Laura, Becca, Lucy, Alison, Jo and Alana! Extra special thanks to Jo for doing our laundry every night. We can't wait for the tour to continue through the summer now!

We headed to Ireland on Saturday and as usual we had a fab time although I (Sean) whacked my knee and could barely walk! Lol! The crowd in Ireland are always fab and we look forward to it every time!
The 2nd tour date on Sunday went really well too and we continued heading around the country for the rest of the Easter weekend!
We hope that you had a brilliant Easter and that you got loads of eggs! I (Sarah) gave up chocolate for lent so I ate so much on Sunday that I was sick! Lol!

Anyway we best be off now! Remember that the single is out on the 29th of August!
We will be back soon!
Love Sean and Sarah xx

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