During period one today, me and Amy both had a free so I went to find her to discuss plans for the day's filming. I pointed out that the weather wasn't at all suitable for filming the fields scenes - which is what we had planned to do today - so I suggested a rethink. I logged onto a computer and onto my blog and printed off a few copies of the lists I made the other day, stating what we had left to film still. I crossed off fields and the prom, as the weather wasn't right for it, then thought through the rest. I then told Amy what I'd come up with. We thought of doing the "live" performance in the drama studio, as they have professional lighting, so we went to the drama department to find a drama teacher to ask for permission for a time slot - preferably today. We didn't find a teacher, so we went to student reception to ask whether the studio was free period 3 or 4. They said it was free during period 4, and that we should find a teacher at breaktime. With this knowledge, we went back to the study centre to continue planning. I thought of a short task we could fit in an hour (period 2), so that we could be back in time for break. We figured that filming the last few lines in Amy's room would fit - it would be tight but possible. We planned to drive back to school for break, ask permission to use the drama studio throughout period 4, then to drive back and film in Kelsie's dad's taxi, then to drive back for period 4. With the plan sorted, all we had to do was wait for Sophie, so we started to do that. After a while I thought that seeing as me and Amy both drive, maybe I should get a head start and drive home to get changed in time for when Amy and Sophie get to Amy's, so having explained to Amy I left to get changed, and asked Amy to call me as she left. I then got changed into the red/cream jacket and jeans I wore previously, and tried to match the look exactly so that the clips could be seamless. I then ran around trying to find a costume for the "live" performance as we hadn't planned what I'd be wearing because we weren't expecting to be doing it today! I also located the dress I'd wear in the taxi scenes - which i was aware had to match the prom scene.
Amy then called me to say that she was on her way back, and that she'd pick me up on the way to save time, so I agglomerated everything we needed that I had, ready to jump in the car to go to hers. She got to mine much quicker than expected, it turns out she wasn't at school when she'd phoned, they'd stopped off at a local Sainsbury's, so we left in a rush. As we got to hers, I began explaining my storyboard to Amy as everyone got settled, then I realised I'd left the camera at my house, so I literally ran home to get it and back again. As they were eating an early lunch I was thinking through every detail I could, to figure out how to make it run as smoothly as possible. I mentioned curling my hair a few times as Amy curled my hair last time and she does it differently to how I do it, but no one was really listening. I checked the time, and it was 10 minutes before the start of breaktime - and it takes around 15 minutes to drive to school, so we left then to ask for permission. I said that we don't all need to go, but Sophie wanted to go to media and blog instead of filming, Amy wanted me to go to drama with her and Kelsie didn't want to be left at Amy's alone, so we all went back to school - me fully costumed.
We made it to school mid-break, and went to the drama office. The teachers said that we could use the big drama studio with the proper lighting during period 4, and said that they'd show us how to use the lights, as none of us had ever done drama at our current school. We thanked them, then me, Amy and Kelsie set off back to Amy's. When we got back Amy curled my hair to match how it was before, then we filmed the opening line "now go stand in the corner", seeing as it had messed up before. We did the shot as me looking down into the camera - an extreme low angle shot! My hair was covering around a third of my face, and I looked as angry as possible, and slightly insane; to give the video a strong start. We recorded about 8 attempts - only one matched what we'd pictured, though I believe it will need the colour restoring - but we can see to that later.Period 4 - Drama studio"live" performance
We don't have much of a budget at all so we made full use of the school's facilities - including stage lighting and a black backdrop/curtain for the limted time of an hour. Whilst in the drama studio we recorded my miming to the entire track from five different angles, so that we could pick the best of each line we need, and fill in any unplanned gaps in our video. It took quite a while to figure out the lighting and get me stood in the most ideal places to make the best use of what we had, and to make the end result believable.
It was just me and Amy so we couldn't have Amy operating the lights at the same time as filming so we have to make use of the spotlight. We also kept the red lighting on as it's obviously code for anger, revenge and passion - all things that the song focuses on.
As Amy's form room is our media class, she used the 20 minutes to transfer the day's filming to our designated mac to save us time next lesson.
Once I'd arrived home from school, the weather was extremely sunny - though quite cold, so I called Amy. I asked if she wanted to film the field part today seeing as the weather had been grey and wet recently and we may not get another oppertunity. She said yes and that she'd hang onto the camera, and we arranged to meet at 3:30. I'm not sure if Amy told Sophie our plans or not, I think she did, but Sophie has said before that she cannot film after school as she lives quite far away and can't travel that far, and we'd filmed the rest without her too. I got changed into the white dress, the same necklace Amy had leant me for the "live" performance to introduce a bit of subtle cohesion, and re-did my makeup. At the last minute I remembered that we needed a diary, so I found a book and wrote typical diary notes down - being sure to reference parts from the song, so match the line "she thinks I'm psycho 'cause I like to rhyme her name with things". I also grabbed the straw hat from before to enhance the mise-en-scene.
At 3:30 on the dot, Amy knocked for me and I showed her the 'diary' as we walked over to our local fields. The ground was extremely muddy, and I was dressed in white! - but we had to make do with what we had. I pointed out that we could always re-film it if things don't look right. I had pictured this with me sitting cross-legged on the grass, daisy chains, sunny, bright saturation - all with a summer tone, however we had to try to recreate this as best we could. I ended up sitting and posing on a graffittied, modern blue bench in the middle of the muddy field. It was extremely cold, around 3 degrees, but hopefully this won't be decoded as it's definitely not the intended, preferred reading.
Near-Future Plans
- Tomorrow we plan to get to Kelsie's for 8am to spend period one's media lesson filming the taxi scene in Kelsie's dad's taxi. Kelsie also has a free here so that's no problem.
- Amy will then upload the footage from the fields yesterday, and the taxi videos during registration.
- After school we're considering recording the prom scenes to get it all done in one day, this wasn't made a solid plan though and as it will involve organising other people I doubt it will happen tomorrow.
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