Filming diary day 6 - Bitch

Date: 26th December 

Location: My house

What happened: I called Andrea round my house to play the part of my Bitch character. I showed the scenes of my kind part she knew when it was edited, it would be shown them having the conversation from both perspectives. For the kind part she had already actually had the conversation with Lucy so redoing it was easy for her. She then watched with me Edmonds part already filmed for her character intro scene. We practised lines but some were too uncomfortable for hr, so I allowed her to edit them which would make her feel more comfortable, the ending results had a sense of humour but kept in line with the character.

Rushes: 

What went well: Andrea had already done her lines previously for her convo with kind and edited her own lines for her convo with Edmond very well.

What still needs to be done: I need to make sure I can cut down and correctly edit the kind, fool and bitch parts so they all fall together in a correct order.

Shooting diary day 5 - Nerd

Date: 10th December 2016 

Location: Morden Park Edwards house

What happened: I went to film the nerd scene at my Edward's house at night. I got the shots I wanted and had planned to get however with he first few, unfortunately Edwards room was too dimly lit that they were blurry. I couldn't use these but the others were perfect.

Rushes: 

What went well: I got mostly good shots, with a perfect one of a conversation between me and Edward.

What still needs to be done: Editing around with what I can use or trying to reshoot the blurry shots.

Ancillary task 1 photography

Date taken: 2nd December

After finally managing to get a date where I could get every character present for the photoshoot, I borrowed a tripod from media so that the shots could be better and done more professionally.

I had several photos taken with characters remaining in the same places while changing their actions slightly, such as Bitch looking off moody in the distance and Unstable is drinking.
The problem is that the photos are unfortunately and annoyingly have some things out of focus and so cannot be used. I must either redo this photoshoot or go with another idea I have.

Second idea:

For this I will need to have a shot of each characters face close up, then I can edit them all together using photoshop, and cover their eyes with labels of their character like Kind, Fool etc.

ancillary task 1 poster rough sketch

Introducing all the characters in the poster, I want them all to try represent what their character is like by what they are doing, or holding in the shot. My bitch character I want to be smoking and potentially looking in a different direction to her friends, for example perhaps she looks off in the corner and the rest of my characters face the camera head on. My unstable character was simple, I will have him drinking from some sort of alcohol bottle. I wanted to show that my nerd character was interested in my lesbian one by having him put his arm around her, however even with this she isn't leaning on him. He also will be holding something such as a pen or folder. My kind and fool character are more difficult in this shot, I can only think to have them both smiling and looking at the camera but perhaps I can have my fool character have a thumbs up. 

Attires in this shot also are stricter for some characters, for my bitch and unstable character, they will be wearing darker colours, and my bitch character will have darker makeup/lipstick than the other girls. My nerd character I will be making wear a shirt and a blazer, he will look the smartest out of all of them. Finally my lesbian character I want to be dressed in brighter colours like white and pink. All of these are extra ways to try represent their characters via their choice of clothing. 

Ancillary task 2 photography

Date taken: 30th December
I managed to book the graphics/photography room out for Wednesday at 5pm and asked several of my actors if they could make it. Due to the location of their schools and the times they end many were unavailable however Andrea playing Bella who's character represents the Bitch managed to make it. I used a tripod and set up the lighting and background to help make the photos appear more professional.

The photoshoot was successful and I have several good options I have considered using for the actual magazine cover.