Filming - Day 1

We did our first day of filming on the 24th, January. We chose the time of day to be the evening as parties are usually set at this time of day. Before all of our actors arrived, we filmed shots of setting up the party such as pouring alcohol into shot glasses, putting white powder into lines to look like drugs and splattering UV paint onto bedsheets to contrast with the UV lights.

We also had a lot of lights which we used; 3 UV lights, a laser dance light and a large strobe. These worked really well with the camera and added to the effect of the rave scene.

We used a lot of bottles and shot glasses to make it seem more realistic.

Altogether we got over 2 hours of filming done.

When the actors arrived, we filmed many mid shots of them dancing and having a good time. We also filmed people taking shots and smoking shisha pens.                         
The picture below shows us applying the UV paint to one of the actors. 

Inspirations

One of the main TV shows which inspired our opening scene was Skins. This is because there is a lot of party scenes which gave us a good sense of how to film it. A good example of this is the high-angle shot used in the image to the left. We used this camera angle as it shows the light on everyone (contrasting with the UV paint on the face).From the image on the right you can see my point above about the lighting going with the UV and the high-angle shot.

Films which would inspire the social-realism side of the piece would be ones such as, 'This is England' and 'Trainspotting'. This is because they really reflect the modern society in which they were set in, which is what we have tried to do in this piece. For example, we did this by making people wear what typical British people would wear in this situation and also showing cheap beer being drunk such as Stella.

Roles and Responsibilities

Me and my partner Rhiannon decided to allocate me as head of filming and main director. Therefore she became head of sound and film editing. During the filming process we both took turns filming different shots to help broaden our experience with exploring different camera angles. When it comes to the editing we will also share the responsisbilty so we are both able to take part.

Me and Rhiannon both designed and assembled the set which took around two hours. This is because we had to set up all the lights, paint a bed sheet with UV paint and then pin it up, linking up all of the speakers, made 'drugs', laying the table with the bottles and shot glasses and doing make-up on the actors.