Film Blog 18 - Production Photos!

Technology has changed it's mind and decided that it will allow me to share with you my photos from the production of Silent Disco.

So here you go!

Casting.

David & Dan in their suits; giving the audition a professional vibe.

Ed with his camera.

We all enjoyed casting and I feel that we were successful in setting the standard for the kind of cast that we were looking for. I organised and advertised the audition and we held a full two hour casting session. I think this was hugely beneficial to our film as we were able to pick and choose our actors, rather than having to take who was available like in Choices 2.

 Rehearsal.

 Georgia, our leading lady, and Ed.

We held a rehearsal about one week before the shoot. This allowed the main actors to meet each other and to get to know Ed and myself a little better. We ran through some of the dialogue and Ed informed the cast about some of his ideas about staging and how he wanted the characters to be portrayed.

On Set.

 The fig rig that came in very useful.

This photo was taken during the shooting of our very first scene. In this Scene Hannah, a deaf university student, is getting ready for a night out. She's not confident about going but her housemate Rachel encourages her.

In this scene we tried several different shots in a mirror. We wanted to show Hannah's reflection as she's applying make up and to have a clear close up of her facial expressions. For this we used the fig rig as David, our camera man, was able to hold the camera close to the mirror without getting in shot. The fig rig also helped steady the camera and so we were able to try a few different handheld angles.

Here, David is showing Ed the angle he's set up with the camera. Judging by Ed's cheerful expression, he was happy with the shot type.

This photo is from the shoot of the last scenes of the film. In this scene Hannah and Chris go home together after the party, and in the morning she writes a message on the mirror and leaves.

Again in this scene we used some mirror shots. I think this worked really well because the first and last scenes both use mirror shots and close ups of Hannah. I think this helps to tie the film together and is also interesting visually.

Here we have David and Dan setting up for a scene at the house party. This was really enjoyable and we were lucky to have an enthusiastic cast and a good number of extras. Initially I was concerned that the extras would be difficult to get hold of or to direct, but they all took Ed's instructions well and I think everyone enjoyed shooting this scene.

We also had a few laughs with Ed during these scenes. Ed took on the role of Dean, the house party host, and so we decided we needed a few comical shots of Dean enjoying the party. This included spinning around on a desk chair, falling off the chair, and being sick in the sink. I understand that this doesn't portray a very positive light on drinking or students, but I hope that people will see it is only Dean who is misbehaving and that he is a comic extremity; the other students and guests are behaving more responsibly.