11th April -Filming the party

11^th April -Filming the party

Filming the party was a success; although we found it hard working with a lot of extras as getting people’s attention was difficult. Directing them to do what we wanted was also something we found challenging as we have a visual image of what we want our thriller to look like and they do not. To solve this we showed them our script and storyboard and explained in depth what our thriller entailed and went through the whole plot, also including information about our media course. When everyone knew there parts we set the scene with party cups and food, the hot tub and snooker table was to our advantage for setting a successful party scene. Our friend mike who is currently taking drama at G.C.S.E seemed the perfect candidate to play the character of Doug, having certain similarities to the character, he played his part extremely well and we are grateful for his time and efforts. When filming myself Lauren and Anastasia would take it in turns to film certain clips, of course me and Lauren could not film a great deal within this scene as we are in the majority of scene but the parts that didn’t involve us on screen we took to the camera to film. I shot Lauren walking through the house trying to find my character Rose. I shot this clip in the style of lock stock and two smoking barrels making sure it was a long continuous shot of the character Maddie looking front wards on. We didn’t use any music in the process of this filming as we intend to layer homemade dub step on top and we intend to add in a sound bride from the previous clip where the music is first played in the room where the girls are getting ready, into the party opening scene. Filming outside became an issue as the lighting was extremely dark and we had little aid to resolve this except from a small torch. We hope to increase the lighting on final cut express throughout the editing process. Minor details such as the script were changed to suit any changes that had to be made, for example I wasn’t wearing a dress I wore a skirt instead, so the script was slightly altered. The costumes people wore were either causal or party wear. Girls tend to dress up more than boys so our costumes were considerably more outgoing, at this time of year the weather was not on our side so shooting outside was extremely cold, but this motivated our filming even more and although the harsh conditions we didn’t stop until we were satisfied we had the right shots. We have learnt that filming is incredibly challenging as lines can be messed up and you can’t shoot something once in case it’s not up to standard. This meant many shots were filmed taking a significant amount of time. This is why I organised to film this event in half term so our extras could stay later in the evening, filming during school time would have not been possible as it doesn’t become dark until late and it’s very hard to gather people that are available from those times. Overall we think the party has been a success and are very thankful to the cast who helped us create the party vibe and atmosphere.

By Jordan Gale