Our First Recording Session - FINALLY!

After 3 lessons of preparing we finally got to start recording some of our scenes. Due to a delay of some students latenesses we started with something different. Me and Shenell did not come in uniform so we improvised with what was given: A clean P.E top and Red Ties. Although I was not in full uniform, I wore boy jeans and trainers which went with my "Emo Look" as if I was rebel who did not care what the teachers thought, I had the attitude that I can do what I want and no-one can has an approval of it because I believe that my soul is protected. Although my character is played as an Emo, I socialize a lot to people whom myths and stories I am interesting in. As I am always curious to find out new things!


Naomi changed my appearance by putting makeup on my face with a emo effect and she did my hair in a freaky hairstyle. I had pink strikes in which looked cool! But Miss.Williams told me this was not allowed which spoiled the look *sigh*. But at least I managed to cover it up with a headscarf and I still looked great for my role.


We wrote up in word everything we was wearing and what our facial appearance looked like, we then had our pictures taken and attached it to the document, had it printed off and sent it to Don.


* attach photo*


Shyanne and Naomi went off to look for certain locations that we were using, Shenell went off with them. Which left me and Aaliyah waiting to get the confirmation which room we would be rehearsing the scene in and recording. In the end we decided to use the SLC room. 


Which just for a recap is this room:


  

In this scene, Demi and Shenell aka Tammy And Dawn thought they could go off and run about the school. They came to discover that the teachers staff room was empty and open (strangely), normally it is looked. This would make the audience curious, but the two bullying students were far too stuck up to think of consequences right now. Dawn and Tammy start to peep their noses into other people's businesses by looking through other people's documents and files. Shenell and Demi were very good with improvising lines.. such as:


"Guess what I just found?" said Tammy with a satisfied look on her face.


"What!", Dawn said looking suprised.


"I just found a teachers bag! I wonder what's in it?".


Just by reading these three lines we can tell that Tammy and Dawn are trouble makers. Don made them repeat through the scene many times until it was perfect. I think that Demi seemed very experienced with acting, she played her character very well and had no disturbances. A actress should never get her social life and her acting life mixed up and Demi was very good at separating them when it came to acting on set. I think Don made the right decision when he let  Demi down with the mini audition that Demi and Aaliyah auditioned for when they both wanted to play the main character. Shenell also is very enthusiastic!


Don made Naomi in charge of recording this scene at all different angels, whilst he made Shyanne the director and I observed whilst Aaliyah took photo's.


Wow! That was 2 lessons finished already.. 


After break, we then focused on our running scenes. This was Me, Aaliyah and Demi's chance to put on great facial expressions, because for me there was no verbal acting today, we used the Gym, Hall and turning of the corridor near the toilets as the locations for the scene when we run about the school in scare when Dawn is missing. This was very tiring because we had to run in perfect angles enable for it to look realistic, which meant we had to repeat the scene over and over again. I used the technique that they commonly use in films which is looking back whilst running to see what is behind you with a breath-taking look on my face.


Aaliyah (Courtney) was holding on to my arm tight, which is also what they do in a lot of films, the slowest characters always get dragged.


After 2nd break, Courtney and Tammy aka Aaliyah and Demi focused on their together scene. We used Dead End as the location for this. In this scene after Dawn, Kimerley And Courtney turn the corner. Kimberley aka (me) is the 2nd witness to go missing. This means I was eliminated out of the film :( But I had some time to kick back and relax :D.


Aaliyah was very expressive for this scene, as Tammy and Courtney run down the stairs as fast as lightening they hit a dead end and start pushing and banging on the locked out as hard as they can. But the door will not budge open, only then do they both notice that Kimberly has gone missing.


They use lines such as:


" Oh my gosh! It wont open" said Tammy in a crying voice.


"Hold on!" *There was a long pause. "Where's Kimberly?" said Courtney.


"Oh No!" says Tammy as she looks back fast.


Both Tammy and Courtney reverse back up the stairs and run as fast as they can!


We can tell just from these lines that they were both scared at most out of there lifes now, this is when tension starts to build up even faster! What will happen next?


Today was a good day overall, next time im going to ware less clothing underneath and a easy-to-carry-about side bag, because I was carrying a heavy bag which made me very sweaty and tired quickly.