That's a wrap!

Day 4 Maggie May’s part 2.

So the day began by getting all the equipment from one location to another. We arrived at Maggie May’s at twelve which is when we had arranged to be able to get into the location. As with all of our shots we ere scheduled in a way that mean we knew exactly what we were meant to be doing and when. As soon as we got into the location we got the actor ready and set up the lighting and the shots.

The reason we had chosen to do these particular shots today was because out of the five set in the bar they required the most set ups. As with one of them we had to get mike dressed up in his drag out fit. This included costume and makeup sp obviously required a little more set up than the other scenes where he is in his school uniform. Once the set and actor’s were dressed the filming went relatively quickly. There were quite a few set ups t do with this scene. Mainly because we had to do a lot of extreme close ups of the drag costume. And also during this it was nessaccary to chance the lighting. We wanted to put in the colour filters to add a kind of ‘cabaret’ effect. Another colour the purpose serves is with the red and greens it creates an almost sickly tome which is good for this scenes as the dad is throwing up at the end. It also adds an interesting visual element.  After this we then had to set up the shot of the Dad throwing up. This also included getting just some sound of Tom wrenching. In the original script we had seen the Dad throwing up but this I felt was a logistical nightmare so we decided to just use the sound on a blackout screen This was definitely a better decision as leaving it to the audiences imagination is definitely better than having a shot of Mike covered in tinned carrots, that would have just looked cheap. I think it would have also undermined the quality of the film.

The next scene we filmed was where the Dad reacts badly. This again required quite a few set ups. We had to first film the dad which involved a different lighting set up as once again we had to use filters. We had a red light to represent the anger. Also we had had a shot of a canted tilt. This had to be allowed for in the schedule as it took a little longer to shoot that the other static set ups. Also we had to allow for the smashing of the glass and the clean up of that.

We also had to do a little ADR as we had some major wound issue last week when we were shooting.

Once again I have t say how pleased I am at how the day went. We seem to work really well as a team and we got everything shot on time and in an organised fashion.

And that’s a wrap!