Filming- Wednesday 23rd November 2011

On wednesday, we began filming the audition scenes of our film. Firstly, we had to set up the location before we even began filming. To do this, we asked for the use of the main hall so we could film. In the hall, there is black curtains behind and in front of the stage that are normally used for the school show in February so I thought this would be of great benefit with creating a location that looked like an audition room for a school show. We filmed our auditions with a black curtain at the back of the frame. We then used the lighting facilities in the school hall to create a spotlight effect so that the main person auditioning was the only focus and that the importance of the person in the centre of the frame was emphasised. To create the spotlight we made the room as dark as possible and then used a light unit that consisted of two spotlights a distance apart and shone these lights on the black curtain to create a spotlight effect. We could move these spotlights around, bringing them closer to the subject of the frame or further away to make the shot look as professional as possible. Me and my Andrea directed all audition scenes, we told them where to stand and how to perform. We also told them what songs to sing and how to sing it so that everything was done the way we wanted it to be done. We only managed to get one scene done today because it was a first filming session but I am really happy with how things turned out. The links to the two scenes we filmed are below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsmsiO-vLF0

                                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuzOBeT93hA