Filming

According to our action plan, we should have started filming on January 18th. However, as Matt was hungover, we had to postpone filming until Saturday 24th instead, so we were a week behind. Fortunately, the whole thing was shot in one day. There were still problems with filming on the day. There were some shots that were planned that sadly didn’t work out on the day because of various reasons, the lighting being the main reason. An example of when the light got in the way was when Nova was in the hall on her own. There was glass at the top of the door, so the sun was shining through, making it difficult to film scene that was intended to be dark to reflect her situation, this was resolved by covering the glass so that the light didn't get through to the hallway. As some of the shots didn’t work, we added more shots so that we had extra to look at when editing, even if we didn’t use them, for example – the girls going conga outside. Also, when we were going to film on the 18th, most of the props were at my house e.g. the knickers. For filming at Matt’s house a bra was used instead. Other than this, everything else went to plan, and we were all happy with what had been filmed. The house that it was filmed was believable as the girls own house. The bedroom was easily recognisable as that of a young girl, because of the pink and girly furniture. Also, we made it clear that she was the type of girl who would have her friends around when she is upset, this is also relevant in terms of what she is wearing. We had to consider our target audience when filming, and what they would expect to see. The cheating boyfriend was wearing just his boxers and a tshirt. His tshirt was black and there was a slogan on it, both of these things made the boy look like a dark and nasty character. Also, the bra that Nova finds is black, so there is a clear link between the boyfriend and his cheating ways. It is contrasted with the light pink that she is wearing. Both of the friends were wearing heels, which makes them look stylish, and also professional. They are wearing scarves and cardigans – what they are wearing makes them look like older middle class girls – which is our target audience. The living room was full of bottles of wine (well, ribena!), some of which were empty, this makes it look to the audience that they have been drinking all day. The three girls who were playing the friends were great for the film as they looked like good friends, and it was easier for them to act together. A reason for this being that a theme that we are trying to portray in the opening of the film is girls being able to cope on their own without men. Also, James and Nova, who play the couple who break up in the film, are an actual couple. This meant that they were comfortable with each other and what they needed to do ie- lying in bed together. Each shot was filmed more than once so that we could edit the best shots together. It is easier to have lots of footage and have to cut it down, as oppose to searching for clips to make the sequence longer. As it turned out, we had more than enough footage and thankfully didn'y have to arrange to film any shots again.