Unfortunately I wasn't there for this week due to medical problems so I am going to reference Louis blog summary of this week to show the progress the group made as well as what I was recapped on-
WEEK 6
This week we worked on improvising scenarios around our characters to build our understanding around them. We spent 5 minutes coming up with our own improvised scenarios based on implied and given circumstances in our script. Some of the ideas included:
the family Christmas dinner, with Cuckoo butting heads with Ken and Connie and Steve bursting in
- Rachel and Lorna before Rachel goes off on her gap year
- Lorna flirting with Cuckoo, then Ken walks in
- Steve leading a karate class
- Steve and Connie in their bedroom, with Steve trying to role-play Ken
- Dylan and Charlie in detention
- Zoe and Dylan on a date
- Ken & Lorna and Connie & Steve meet for the first time
This was beneficial to all of us, as it meant we could grasp our characters on a deeper level. It also helped establish the relationships between the characters.
WEEK 5
This week was a continuation of our previous week. We continued working on the spreadsheet, continued working on our lines, and continued contacting our extras to confirm times we would be able to film. We have planned to start filming mid-march, with filming lasting around 2-3 weeks. This is to obtain realism (as if the filming was for much longer, haircuts would change). We have split the filming into 8 shoots:
- KENS WORK
- STEVE AND CONNIE'S HOUSE
- PARTY, PREPARING FOR PARTY, KENS STUDY, TERRACE
- GARAGE LAST SCENE
- FAMILY MEETING, POTATO WASHING
- BEDROOM
- KITCHEN
- VOTING, KEN AND RACHEL CONVERSATION
A key area we focused on this week was location scouting. We all went home to scout our homes and areas and sent these to each other. Originally, we decided to film at my house. This was because we were looking for a house with an island in the kitchen, that is close to the dining room. Although my house would have worked, we decided it would be breaching COVID-19 restrictions. This means we will have to film in the conference room. Although this is more convenient, it means the realism will be lowered significantly. On the plus side, we have greater access to this room and we will be able to shoot several scenes (using flats to create the different rooms).
We still want some variation in locations, which is why we have planned to film in these locations:
This will be Kens Study, where he has a 1 on 1 conversation with Zoe.
This will be Connie and Steve's house. It works perfectly, as it appears far more classy than the rest of our set, keeping to the theme of wealth within that family.
We have chosen to film one of the garage scenes of a terrace, to mix up our location from being in the conference room
This is where we will film Kens office scene with Dylan
We are planning on asking the school caretakers if we can use their garage to film the closing scene. Although it would make sense to film both on the terrace, the final scene is set in the evening, so the lighting outside wouldn't work.
I will film my cologne scene in my own bathroom, as a school bathroom doesn't work
