#8 Record and Bump Out

30th march- Record day. Dressed the set with posters, signs, numbers plates and the black board/specials board. I brought I needle and thread to stitch the couch covering, as the staple gun was not very functional. With help from Laura it ended up looking passable, despite the time it took to complete. Bottles were in place, as well as the little extras such as the ashtrays complete with cigarettes and ash (or dirt), serviettes, bar nuts (which everyone enjoyed eating, next time I will buy two packets). The set looked amazing and we had many great reviews and comments.







Issues during the shoot:

*Had to move the ghost in behind the arch as the black curtain made the wall look like a black hole. Then we had to move the it over a little later during the record as there was a gap.

*Needed to be very fast refilling bottles, for continuity, to keep with the schedule: Belinda. We needed a funnel to speed up the process, so I went on a hike up to the Nosh and borrowed one.


* We had major problems with the posters falling off the walls- masking tape is not all that great.

*The blue paint came out quite dark on camera almost black.

*Heels could be heard as actors came down the stairs… felt on their shoes would have helped.

* For the opening shot we needed to move the bar back out of the way to allow the camera to get a better angle, was easy enough with an army of strong Proddies (not that designers are not capable)

COSTUME ISSUES and COMMENTS- (don’t know actual actors names so will refer to them as the character they played)

* Jason (lawyer) turned up in a shiny bright red tie NO NO!! Got one from Scott (thanks Scott). He also did not own a pair of black slacks and wore black jeans. I thought this was great in the end as it gave him more of a relaxed, lawyer type look, with more personality. It also gave a 90’s feel, which is when the play was originally set.

*The waiter did not own a pair of denim jeans, however the bar tender brought a spare for him… phew! I decided against having aprons as the bar tender looked a little ‘butcher’.

*I was worried about the full black skirt Gabrielle wore, her legs were never in shot. Her shirt colour was a perfect off white.

*Will the construction worker wore very a obvious, staple almost cliché costume, however this was my fault as I told him to wear a flanny and boots. Not a major issue though.

*Alex (doctor) wore gym clothing as she had just been swimming even though her scene was meant to be quite late in the night.

*Kelly and Sam (uni Students) wore casual clothing and I was happy with their choices. I believe the casting was very well done for this show.

*I asked Jeff to bring over some cardigans and shirts for Evan, just because I really wanted him to be excentric. He wore one of Jeff’s vests over his own red t-shirt and jeans.

* There was one point where Evan and the extra in the background (Liam) were wearing similar coloured tops (ie red and salmon), I could not do much about it though.

*I had told the extras NO white, black, shiny etc so what does one of the extras wear… a shiny white top… could not do anything about it. Another extra that had to stand right next to her was also wearing a white top but had brought another brown shirt, so I got her to change and it, which made the world of difference.

So glad this one is over. I am looking forward to the next show as Michaela is designing and seems to be so organized already and raring to produce something awesome. I am on stand by for this one so am ready to take any task.