We couldn’t start bumping in on Saturday due to Ryan having booked the studio to film his music video, which was a bummer for me as I had a 21st in Griffith Saturday night and wanted to help out bumping in the flats before Sunday, as I wan going to be late getting back to Wagga.
SUNDAY: I was able to get back to Wagga at about 2pm, however most of the set was already up, just needed to be dressed. Fortunately I was very organized before I left for Griffith and had my car packed with everything I needed for the show so I could go straight to the studio ie cushions, beanbags, wall hangings and fabrics and candles. Sunday night I went to town to buy peanuts for the bar and a gas lighter for quick lighting of the candles. We needed a long lighter to reach the candles in the deep glasses and lanterns.
MONDAY: A nice early start for designers, 7am, to get the set dressing underway. A lot of the fabrics were quit crushed so I went back home to get the iron, might be a good idea to have the iron there for the next show as it comes in handy for costume as well. Another idea is to have a hair dryer in the studio during record as one of the actors spilled water on her costume and the wet stain is not very appealing not to mention for continuity sake.
At 9am I went into town to purchase a sample pot of APPLEWOOD paint (and coffee), as our spare paint disappeared, might be an idea to have our own locked cupboard for our paint etc in the warehouse with a clear label of what its for. A few of my own belongings have been kept in the warehouse as we are using them for every show, which I am happy to do as I have written up on th white board everything I have in there.
We had to see a movie at 10:15am for Screen Studies so we left the set to dry after painting the stencil and masking tape between the flat joins. On return we had a few last minute touch ups, extra posters to put up etc. I attached some of my scarves to the cushions as some were too bright or didn’t match the décor or were just plain ugly. I think we had the perfect amount of cushions in the end after scavenging from many people.
Belinda had a design demo for our next show #5, just before record was to begin. So I stepped in for costume as she had filled me in earlier for this exact reason. Belinda was pretty organized before hand, having given the actors slips of paper with exactly what she was envisaging for them to wear. The actors did well following her instructions and also brought extra shits etc just in case.
It was difficult trying to collect actors to foresee their costumes as they were quite late and wanted to have cigarettes etc before coming to the studio, just making life harder for the designers. In the future we should designate a time and place that actors HAVE to meet up with the costume designer an hour or 30 minutes before record.
Belinda wanted the tarot card reader to wear a flowing white skirt, however the actor’s green skirt looked better and she seemed more comfortable in her own skirt. All the actors wore quite blocked colours with no patterns which was really good as it worked with the set which was quite busy.
Once the lighting was finalized and the candles were lit, the atmosphere of the set really came to life, feeling like a lived in and used bar. The cushion sitting area fixed the problem of the actors looking slumped on the couches. Actors seemed more relaxed and comfortable.
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