Positives & Negatives: Filming of the Party.

WHAT WENT WELL:-

The main characters in the narrative [the girl, and the young boy] met the day before, in order to build an aquaintance.

The young boy didn't feel comfortable with giving the girl a kiss on the cheek. In order to overcome this, we used his sister. We put the girls' costume and mask onto his sister, who has a similar appearance.

People co-operated mostly, by dancing.

In the end, the main girl was the only one who wore a mask. This meant that she stood out really well in the frame.

The handheld movements made it appear realistic. Also, it meant that people were more comfortable dancing, and being themselves; a camera on a tripod can seem quite daunting,
whereas a friend with a camera relaxes the actors.

The actors/extras in the movie often approach the camera, addressing the viewer, thus making them feel included in the party. Other shots where no-one approaches the camera seem more voyeuristic, and give the feeling of watching the party from the side of the room.




WHAT DIDN'T:-

The main characters in the narrative met the day before, in order to build an aquaintance. We hoped that this would encourage the small boy to be OK with giving the girl a kiss on the cheek. However, understandably, the boy didn't feel comfortable with it on the night.

We encountered some difficulty when dealing with the young boy. From hindsight, we should have predicted that, realistically, a young boy would not want to be involved in an adult-house-party; dancing amongst a crowd; wearing a Fox mask; or kissing the cheek of a stranger (me).
We found that the young boy was hard to co-operate with, in that he became tired, embarrassed, and disobeying.

People did not want to wear the masks that I had made. The boys who came to the party were too worried about the mask ruining their 'hard' appearance'; and the girls were concerned about their make-up. This meant that the movie did not come out as we had expected.

There was a lack of co-operation, when trying to congregate people into a particular room. We needed everyone to gather in one area, in order to give the impression of a full house. But quite a few shots only have a few people in the frame.

There was no trouble inviting girls to our party (as we attend an all girls' school); but we had to try harder in order to get boys to come. In the end, boys did indeed come. However, they were friends of friends, and they were not of the "INDIE" appearance that we required. The boys appear to be more suiting to a "RAP" video; they did not wear skinny jeans, plimsoles, or checkered shirts; and they danced like "chavs", as opposed to "indies".