FILM: Organising locations actors etc

One of the reasons we chose 'Emotional Effects' is the fact it could mainly be based in the school which was convenient for us as if we wanted to film in some locations we would have had to ask permission to film there, we also know the location well and the different areas that we could use but it's also convenient because we also spend most of our time there already so any free time that we had we could do filming.

Organising the actors was really difficult because where there is only two of us we needed to use other people most of the time so that we both got the chance to film but it's also finding a time that's available for everyone that we needed for the scene because they either have work or college to work around. We didn't need too many characters as short films don't need to many characters as where short films are to the point they don't need back stories to help move the story along like in feature films which they would use the other characters for. For the actors we had to come up with dates in advance so people could book the time off and make sure it was at the end of school so not to clash with lessons or with work hours.

These are some shots of the setting we chose for our scene as we could make easily make the areas darker or lighter depending on what we needed for the scenes also the film is set in a college and a corridor is stands out as part of a school:



During filming we quiet often had to move objects like tables or chairs so not to block the actors or put them in to help show that it was a different day depending on what we needed in each of the scenes.

Another thing we had to organise for the film was costumes that the people wore as colours have alot of meaning in the film. For example at the begining of the film the main character wore bright colours reflecting her feelings of happiness, later on after the attack her clothes become dark because she has become beaten down and a shadow of herself.



With the sound because most of the film was either in silence when we where editing we had to remove all the sound all together and when there was sound we had to balance it so that the sounds flowed together smootly. We also used a song called 'Problem Girl' by Rob Thomas because the song lyrics connected to the plot of the film. For example part of the words is 'you worry all the things they could do to you, you worry about the things they could say' which fits in with the things that happen to her and how people seem to shun her afterwoods, also it sounds asif it's saying that she isn't the problem but it could also mean it's that the attacker isn't the problem beacuse we see that Lacey did something to her as well it's up to the viewer to decide who they think its to if not both.