Taylor Swift Takes GAC "On the Set"

Taylor Swift photo courtesy of Big Machine Records.

November 3, 2008 — On the set of her newest video, "Love Story," Taylor Swift tells the GAC cameras how excited she is to see her vision of castles, grand costumes and ballroom dancing for the video executed in living color during the premiere of GAC’s latest special, Taylor Swift: On the Set - Love Story on Wednesday, November 5 at 9 p.m. ET.

"When I wrote the song I had the vision for the video in my head, and I wanted it to take place back in time because the song talks about a love I think can happen in the 1700s, the 1800s or in 2008," says Swift. "This is something I’ve really looked forward to doing for a long time now so I’m really excited about taking people back in time."

For two days Taylor worked with long-time director Trey Fanjoy to recreate both of their visions on the small screen. The video was shot in two locations -- the Castle Gwynn in Arrington, Tenn. and Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn.

"I was wondering how they would find a cool castle in Tennessee! I didn’t think there were castles in Tennessee at all, but it turns out I was wrong. When I got to the set, I thought the castle looked amazing." recalls Swift.

The set wasn’t the only thing that could be described as amazing. Taylor worked with stylist Sandi Spika to create two equally amazing 18th-century inspired ball gowns, complete with traditional attire including a corset, headband, necklace, shoes and stockings.

Fun moments caught on film include Taylor's reaction to a spider who hitches himself to her dress; her first-ever ballroom dance lesson with choreographer Robert Royston, who oversaw the training of Taylor, Justin Gaston (who plays Taylor’s love interest in the video), and 20 professional dancers for the ballroom dance sequence; and the moment where the video crew switches the music playing over the loud speakers from classical to modern music to inspire the performers to let loose in a "break-dance line."