Saying my thank yous.

I would just like to say a massive thank you to our actresses/ballet dancers for taking the time to be in our film and to everyone who brought in ballet costumes or took photos for us.

Thank you to actresses/dancers:

- Jasmine Harrod

 

-Maddie Easter

-Lizzie Hunter

-Jasmine Brown

-Alice Sharpe

-Alisha Radley

Thank you to Ellie Kamei for lending us her ballet outfit for part of our costumes.

 

Thank you to Olivia Sprouting for taking photographs for us while we were all busy filming, doing the lighting or directing.

And a massive thank you to our leading actress, Chrissy Lightowler, for being our lead role and taking up your time to be in our film opening.

Filming: Day 3 - Final Day

Today was our final day of filming!
Today we filmed all the of the shots that are on stage, performing in the theatre and re shot some of the scenes that we could have done better from day one.

At the beginning of our shooting schedule we reinforced our plans for the day and went through the risk assessment we'd made in preparation for filming.

Here Scarlet is directing our actresses as to where to look while filming.

This photo shows how we used the projector to have a image on the curtains at the back for our performance.

Here I am using and positioning the spotlight to create a effective lighting for our performance. We were able to change the filters to give us the effect we wanted, dimming and shinning the light when appropriate while also able to change the colour of lighting if we decided. (We decided to use a faint purple nearing the end of our shots.)

Here I am filming the final section of our performance from the audiences perspective.

As we thought tracking would be effective for our shot and we didn't have any tracking equipment we attempted to make our own. We used some paper which slipped under the legs of the tripod so we could then drag the tripod across the stage smoothly while not causing any damage to the tripod or stage.

Here you can see where Mollie is shinning the spotlight onto the stage while both Scarlet and I film from different angles.  (Photo taken by Olivia Sprouting)

It's Scarlet's turn to use the spotlight.

This is at the end of our schedule where we re-filmed some sections from day 1 of filming. We decided to dim the lighting to make it more gloomy and realistic before going on stage, while we also slightly changed the positioning of our extras.

Above you can see Scarlet filming these sections while I did hand held lighting. (Unfortunately you can't see Mollie in this shot, however she is directing the extras round the corner of the other side of the corridor. Photo taken by Olivia Sprouting) 

Filming: Day 2

Today we began shooting the separate scenes that are only with chrissy our main character. These are the shots where she is taking performance enhancing tablets before the big show in the toilets. While filming these shots we used our risk assessment to ensure the safety of everyone.

For todays shots we filmed hand held, to give a shaky and unsteady edge to our filming, which is often used while filming social realism films therefore we felt it would be more effective and fitting for the tone of these shots

We also didn't use any lighting today other than the natural lighting which came through the windows of the toilets.

This photograph was taken by Scarlet of Mollie who is filming main character, which is played by Chrissy.

Filming: Day 1

Today was our first day of filming! We started off filming in the theatre filming dark shots with only a small light, backstage with 7 of actresses. Then we moved on to the stage and began filming a small section of their performance.

Here are the pictures that I took from today.

 Here Mollie and Scarlet are directing our extras on stage.

Scarlet is filming close up shots of the ballet shoes.

Scarlet is using a tripod to keep filming smooth and steady.

This was our cast and me and Mollie, on location - Scarlet took this photo.

This is while Scarlet was filming the ballerina's feet in the dance studio.

While Mollie was doing the lighting.

Getting permission for our filming location

To get permission to use the dance studio and theatre at school we had to contact Vicki Light and ask about when they were free and we were able to use them. We emailed her asking for permission which followed in a back and forth reply of emails, until we were able to arrange a time.

(This is the email conversation we had with her, asking for permission to use them and timings of when).

I would just like to say thanks again Vicki Light for your help.