Film Opening Coursework. Filming The Party.

On 24/01/2014 myself and Dan filmed our 'Party' scene. It was a lot of fun to film and we had a good time whilst doing it. We managed to get all of the shots we originally wanted such as people taking shots, laughing on the floor and dancing etc plus a lot more shots which are perfect and suit the 'Social Realism' genre perfectly!

Here is a photo of us preparing Dan's garage for the party.

We painted the UV paint on the actors as they arrived and used it to cover bed sheets with so that the windows were blocked and no light was let in. Dan's family had also saved up loads of beer bottles which we set up on a table so it looked as if we were having an actual party with alcohol. 

The photo of the room is how the room looked like after we had set up for the party with the lights on. When we turned the lights off and put the music on, we were so shocked at how well it had turned out! The video featured below is a video Dan filmed on his phone as proof of what our party looked like. None of the footage used in the clip will be used in the final production as it was filmed with an iPhone.

So that was our 'Party Scene' filming and overall, we have been extremely successful! We got all the shots we needed, all of the actors listened to us carefully and followed all of our instructions and everyone did very very well. We ended up filming over TWO HOURS of footage which we're going to go through every second of it and decide which shots are best for the montage and which shots we can cut. The preparation of it went well and we managed to get everything ready before the actors turned up. 

We'd also like to say thank you to anyone who donated a UV light to us or any bedsheets.. Wouldn't have turned out the way it did without you!