First day of filming is the Happy world. The shoot started at 5.00pm and ended at 12.00am. It took a while as the setting up took time and I had several technical problems with the projector. I filmed the heart scenes within the first two hours and the rest was mastering how to operate the time machine.
Day 1 filming was the first time all my actors saw what I actually described to them, they described it as surreal, this is a massive compliment as its exactly what I was trying to achieve.
The set was a plain white room which I had built the time machine in, (which is mentioned in post below) I had light bouncing off the ceiling while using a straw Gel. This indirect light with the gel created warmer colours in the room as it seemed to clinical being all white.
I had a sound system set up so that my actors could clearly hear what they were dancing and singing to. This really helped when syncing the sequences in final cut as it was clear on the camera.
Just below the camera two fans were set-up so that the balloons could be released on top of them and they would create a hovering effect instead of a falling movement. (This picture was the tester when I only used one fan)
I talked my actors through what I wanted in each sequence. With the hearts I showed them what I wanted to achieve at the start of them coming into shot and then after that I gave them autonomy as the hearts are both A-level Dance students - much better than me! They experimented with the movements of the hearts and came up with some really great stuff, its a real shame I had to cut it out.
I asked both the dancers to wear white from at least the waste down as then when the heart moves they will kind of blend in with the background. However this is postmodern and I want the audience to be aware of its constructed nature.
To keep my team of actors motivated I offered Pizza as an incentive to stay as it was a long shoot. I am extremely grateful for all their hard work and time because if it wasn't for them Day 1 filming wouldn't have happened.
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