5th Set of Filming - Fight with Mother Scene

Location of Scene
This scene was filmed at Jessie's house, which is approximately a 5 minute walk from school. This again means that it was easy to get to and we could film during school hours, which makes it easier for all of us as well as Alice as we do not have to ask her to take time out of her own schedule to be part of this video. Alice was also familiar with this location, as well as the rest of us, which meant she was much more comfortable to act, as well as us being alot more comfortable to film and move around the room, to capture the best shots and angles possible. Although before filming we thought that by decorating and changing the room we could adapt it to look like a run down, unkept living room, when looking back at filming we realised that this was not the case, and that in fact it looked like a well kept house with sentimental objects and pictures, which is not what we wanted to represent in our video.

Actresses make up and clothing
Alice's hair, make up and clothing was kept the same to keep continuity throughout the video. As we were using ashleigh to act as the mother, we needed to make her look a lot older than she is, and we decided to do this by the choice of clothing, and her make up and hair. We dressed her in pyjamas to show that it was late at night, and this would also solve the problem of finding clothes to represent the age of what a 40+ year old would wear. We decided to take all her make up off and just leave a slight bit of eye make up, as well as using a dark eyebrow to lightly press under her eyes to make her look tired and run down. We also decided to tie her hair back to make her look more dramatic, as we felt this gave a look which we wanted to show within the mother.

Filming
When filming we wanted to create the illusion that Ashleigh was a slightly "unfit" mother who did not have much care for her daughter. To do this we dressed her in pyjamas rather than day clothes as it looks as if she cannot be bothered and has little motivation. We also had her laying down on the settee whilst watching television with a can of beer and cigarettes to insinuate what she has been doing the whole time. This also helps to give the image that as a mother she has no care for her daughter ans is extremely lazy. We also placed Ashleigh in this position as it helps us to give a good panorama shot of the untidy and unkept room as well as keeping Ashleigh in the shot. Once Alice enters the room there is good interaction between the two characters and we were able to portray the weakness and innocence of Alice's character as well as the powerfulness of Ashleigh's character as Ashleigh stands up from her seat and towers over Alice, screaming and shouting in her face. We used all different shots of the argument by doing a birds eye view, 360 degree shot, an up shot, and some close up and extreme close up shots. These are shown in the video below:

This set of filming was probably the most time consuming of all the scenes we have filmed as we had to re arrange the room and make it extremely messy. We also had to do a lot of planning before the scene and direct each action and conversation to make it a lot more professional looking. This scene was extremely fun and interesting to film as we were able to improvise with the location we had and try a large range of different  shots and angles to film from.


Photo Evidence

Setting Up
As you can see here we have had to throw pieces of clothing, rubbish and other small objects on the floor to make the room look very messy. Again Alice is keeping her make up, hair, and clothing the same. From these photos we can see that with Ashleigh instead of putting more make up on her, we decided to take off her make up, tie her hair back and put her in a dressing gown and pyjamas to show her "sloppy" look. We also decided to write a rough and vague script which the two actresses could follow as this made it a bit easier for them to know what to do and when.

Shots and angles
From these photos you can see we have used a large range of different shots and angles to portray different parts of the argument and to capture the shots that we needed. We also took it in turn to film and take photos as we each was able to bring different skills and techniques which were all very valuable.

We used, over the shoulder shots, worm eye shots, 360 shots, long shots, mid shots, pan shots, track and follow shots, and extreme close up shots of both actresses faces

During Filming
Here you can see the interaction between Ashleigh and Alice and the movements and actions of both of them when they are having an argument. Here you can see clear shots of the room and the decoration and objects we used to make the room look unkept and messy.