Maeve's A2 Media Blog

Due to the errors previously described at the end of my Filming Day post, we decided to meet up again and refilm the dinner scene as well as the interview and the killing. As it was quite short notice for our actors we tried to limit the amount of time we took to refilm these scenes as we had taken up the whole day to do it the first time round.  This time it only took about 2 1/2 hours which was good because it meant we were able to get all the filming done again to a higher standard as well as replaying all the clips so that there was definitely no errors. We filmed from around 7pm to around 9.30pm to make sure we didn't take too much time out of the actors days again.  To save even more time like we had done on the first day of filming, we split ourselves up into different tasks to save time throughout the evening which would benefit ourselves and the actors. We took it in turns to film clips while others were setting up other areas getting ready for following s...

Today, We went to Andrea's daddy's office to film some shots for the Office and Secretary scenes. We had planned to shoot the scene of the Secretary making the phonecall to Bobby and then we also had to take some filler shots for the narration to play over in parts of the film. The filler shots we took were cars passing by and a pan shot of the flowers. We also took some shots of using photocopiers, people typing on computers and of files in the office that would set the scene in the office and tie it all together more professionally.  We successfully shot the scene and all the filler shots as well as some extra shots like Eimir washing dishes and took a few additional shots incase the ones we had planned didn't work as well as we had hoped.  During the filming of the phone call scene, We had created a document on Microsoft work that looked like the application form that Bobby and Poppy had sent to the dating agency. This is shown in the over the shoulder shot that was ...

On Monday 19th March, We filmed from around 3pm until 10.45pm. It allowed us to get everything filmed however it didn't go as smoothly as we had planned. We started to run out of time towards the end of the evening and resulted in things being a little rushed.  We didn't want to keep Beth and Cormac behind for much longer than necessary however when we watched the footage back we noticed that there are some things that needed refilmed. The accents of the actors changed as well as things like the script being in shots and some shots just didn't go to plan. However, in the park we got all our perfect shots as well as some extra shots that we are planning to use as fillers or keeping for end credits. Below are some of the photos we took on the day of filming.  PARK SCENES HOUSE SCENES  

We wanted to add our own twist to the creation of the film and to do this successfully, we thought it would be really fun and interesting to do this ourselves and also adds a more personal touch to our film as we haven't bought in the blood but have actually taken the time and effort to go and make it ourselves.  We did some research on Google to find the perfect recipe. As Eimir has tiles on her kitchen floor it was important that we didn't damage them in any way. We looked into using a recipe with Red Food Colouring however and covering the floor in ClingFilm but as Poppy gets dragged along the floor we thought that this would in fact lift/rip or show up badly on camera.   Most of the recipes contained Red Food Colouring , which would stain the floor in the kitchen so we had to find an alternative.  We found the perfect recipe (found below) that gave us a large amount of blood. Incase we needed to retake shots or anything, it was important that we had extra bl...

As our film has a romantic theme around it, we decided to add a little uniqueness to our film set by creating our own backdrop. The heart backdrop will take Centre Stage in the background of the interview scenes between Bobby and Poppy. Eimir's house has 2 plain walls, one of the walls is grey and the other is a beige/cream colour.  During the interview scenes, Poppy will be in Eimir's room (a more feminine room) with the beige walls and the heart in background. Bobby will be in Eimir's brother's room (a more masculine room) with the heart in the background also. This idea is based off the interview scenes in First Dates where the couples discuss their previous love life, what they are looking for and potentially anticipating for their future date. The mosaic design in the heart was an idea I had that added a bit of uniqueness to the image. It also loosely represented the theme of broken love or the idea of how the love/romance in our film is diffe...