Leading up to our shooting next week we’ve been sourcing props, costumes and finalising the main cast. Our biggest challenge this week has been the search for our two lead characters, which has been us reaching out to friends, acquaintances and people within the uni. We are so close but are still in the waiting process. In the unlikely event that we would fail to find two actors, Alex and I came up with a plan Z, which would be to rewrite our male characters as women and play them ourselves. This is so that we don’t have to postpone our shoot and can leave as much time to edit as possible.
On Wednesday, Alex and Claudia ventured to Fitzroy to source good locations to shoot our “Club Queue” Scene, the boys encounter with the Rat Man and just general spaces for the characters to walk around and explore for the montage scene. They did an excellent job finding spots that suited the quirky, grungy and overall dream-like aesthetic of the show as well as making sure it’s secluded enough so that we aren’t in the way of foot traffic. This will save us so much hassle on the Wednesday!
Link to Scouted Location Pics: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-2je9DoQyhpplRbViDKd_A09_vSKVydK?usp=sharing
Our choice on location for the inside club scenes have been changed around several times as we’ve tried to adapt to our time constraints, availability and just general workload. Initially, we toyed with the idea of filming somewhere like Miscellania, Yah Yahs or Dove Club. However, the process of getting random people to sign release forms and just getting approval from the club owners would be quite a complicated and possibly an impossible process. Then we looked into creating our own event at one of the art studios in the old Nicholson Building and patrons would be notified about filming prior to arriving. However once again, the organisation of said event and the safety precautions that would have needed to be carried out were just too overwhelming and too tight of a turn around. The Black Box at uni was the last suggestion before we settled on filming at Alex’s house, as it better suited our availability and it meant that we could have loud music, props e.g. drinks and dancing without stressing about damaging the uni space or having noise complaints. We will take the time the day before we shoot to set up the space and make it look as club-like as possible e.g. buying black fabric to drape on the walls, renting DJ lights and sourcing extras to make it look packed in.
Busy week next week but so excited to start production!