24th March- Production meet, for which I turned up late to, my apologies got the times mixed up. Was told there will be 4-6 extras in the show needing costumes, however I did not have anyones contact details. I hope to talk to them at rehearsals.
25th March- We met in the design studio at 8:30 on Liam’s order to discuss our progress before class at 9 (was canceled in the end, but at least we were up and being productive). Flats and painting as well as props and set dressing were discussed. I had finished my costume breakdown, refining it a little and double-checking some details with Bel, and sent it using the computer over the hill, (apparently my computer has a virus…) to Laura Murrell.
After a double shot flat white, I got the key to the costume shop, Belinda, Laura, Michaela and Myself lost ourselves amongst the racks of costumes. Unfortunately I did not think anything was appropriate, much of the clothes are quite old and run down OR white/black/patterned or shiny. I was going to get a few things on a rack to just ‘have’ in the studio just in case however decided to put my faith into the actors. An amazing budget and time would be great to make fabulous costumes but that day will come.
We met in the warehouse at 3pm ready and raring to begin painting the undercoat. We have fourteen flats in total, and managed to get them painted quite efficiently.
26th March- Second day of painting beginning at 10am a nice sleep in. Our tallest flat is 240cm, so we marked out a line at that height on each flat, any extra length will be painted black. This allows for an even line if the camera happens to go above the intended height. The top half of the flats is Applewood reaching 132 cm and the bottom is Cypress Blue at 100cm. Lesson for today was not to paint using WET ROLLERS… After the first coat we took a break and, all bar bel and I who had class, returned to do a second coat. The paint went on a little streaky which is a worry under the lights etc however the posters on the walls will hopefully mask this.
27thMarch- I had appointments and work to attend to this morning so did not get to help out with the rest of the painting. The team painted the door, barrel and stairs brown and the shelves black. I went down to help out after work, got to varnish the bamboo blinds with help from Liam, which I was happy with, as I was really pushy with getting something in front of the bar in the first place.
Later that night Bel, Liam and Michaela collected the bar stools, tables and glasses, an awesome effort.
28th March- Tired day… Belinda and Laura started the stencilling using the made up off white paint. I went up to the warehouse to see what they were up to and helped out finishing the last few flats also helped put up the shelves mostly took photos. Laura and I picked out our favourite bottles and I put them in order, looks awesome on the shelves. That night I made up some recipes for the alcohol in the bottles…
Fake Johnny walker- Soy sauce and water… yum!
Fake red wine- water, balsamic vinegar and red cordial
Fake gin- obviously just water
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