Our First Filming Day

I got dressed for filming before I went to Elena's house so that I would not have to change there. I was not going to be playing an important role, so I did not wear clothes that my character would be wearing, but I wore a navy dress with transparent beige tights and grey leather high heel shoes. I also wore contact lenses and feminine make-up. I think that, even though I was not playing an important role, I could still be playing the same character, however, at a point where Shiffa and Joanna are still not being obvious about their feelings, so my character is dressed feminine, and she is giving soft hints to Shiffa, like walking acroos the room, through everyone else just to touch her on the shoulder and say hello. I think this is realistic.

Shadei arrived late for good reasons, however this did not effect our schdual as we were not filming the party scene yet.

Anna brought her pink fairy lights which we used to add a nice lighten-up dark effect, and Elena had a spinning multi-coloured flashing disco ball, which worked really well once we figured out it needed a bulb.

We took many shots of Shadei and I holding glasses and dancing, and we also took shots of Elena and Anna talking and laughing with each other, aswell as us all dancing together and holding our glasses, drinking from them. We did not use alcohol, just water and apple juice. We had recent pop music on in the background, and although it was day-time when we were filming, we had the curtains closed to create a night-time-effect.

Elena filmed me taking a shot, which I have never done before, and I drank it, and the water almost spurted out of my mouth, so it did not go very well. Therefore, we had to film this serval times, and we needed to make it look like we were getting drunk, because of how Anna's drink gets spiked, and no-one notices.

I filmed the shot of Dervish leading Anna up the stairs, and Shadei filmed the shot of Dervish locking the door, while Elena filmed the shot of Anna lying unconscious on the bed and then Dervish walks towards her.

There was also a shot where Shadei is talking to Anna, and I walk through them, thouch Shadei on the arm and ask how she is. I think this was a nice effect...

Overall, this filming day was a success, and we are pleased with what we manged to get done in one day.