This week was our shoot week for Hypervigilant, so this was my main focus for the week.

I was not present for the first few shoot days, as I wasn’t needed on set every day, and Roisin said she would let me know which days were best for content, and she sent me a little behind the scenes content from the days I wasn’t there. I was on set from Thursday to Saturday, and first I spoke to Sam, our 1st AD, as he had been doing some stills photography up until that point. He sent me some of the content he had taken to use for instagram posts, and then I started getting more content. My main job on set was to take photos and videos for behind the scenes footage. We had to check with the cast and crew that they were okay with their photos being used for content, however everyone agreed. I tried to get a range of content, from fun photos of cast and crew, to aesthetic shots of the camera with the shot in the background. I also made sure I was on hand to help with anything else around the set, such as prepping lunch or helping with set dressing. On the Saturday shoot, we had one scene where Tara, the main character, was on the phone to Cassie, Tara’s friend, and in order to get that shot, we had to have both actresses mic’ed up, on the phone, in seperate rooms. I was placed in the hallway in between the two rooms to commuincate messages from one room to another. I also tried to make a few tiktoks during the shoot in order to get a variety of content, however this proved to be difficult, as we were always busy sestting up for or going for a take, and I didn’t want to get in the way or interupt them. In the future, I would want to ask the 1st AD if it would be possible to schedule in time to get content such as tiktoks to make sure that there is time. On the Friday, Roisin asked me to upload an instagram post saying that we had started shooting. I picked out one of the behind the scenes photos that had been taken on the stills photography camera, and created a caption and posted it, and have attached it below. After the shoot was wrapped the cast and crew went out for drinks to celebrate. I have attached some photos from set below.

For the second half of the semester, we no longer have masterclasses on Monday, so there were no takeaways this week. This week we had our shoot days for Waiting for Marcus. I will also briefly mention the small tasks I did over reading week. For my other two projects it was quieter as we led up to the shoot week.

For Waiting for Marcus, I had a meeting on the Monday of reading week with Sára and the graphic designers who are working on Waiting for Marcus. We discussed what kind of deliverables we would want and the style and timings of them. Sára said that she wanted me to be the main point of contact with the graphic designers, and asked me to send them the post schedule we had drafted previously. Sára also asked if I would mind being an extra for the party scene and I said I’d be happy to. I sent the post schedule and materials to Offside, our graphic design agency, and they got back to me later in the week with two different frame options, and Sára and I agreed that the first one fit our aesthetic better. We started getting more communication about the shoot at the end of reading week/ start of week 6. She told us our roles would be teenagers dancing in a club and let us know timings and what costumes to bring. The day before we recieved the call sheet, and Sára asked me to pick up some paper plates for lunch on my way to set the next day. Wednesday was our first shoot day, so we arrived onto set and began in hair and makeup. I was finished a little earlier than some others, so went to see where I could help out setting up the set, and was told to hang some more streamers from the ceiling. Then we were briefed by Aaron, the 1st AD, and started shooting. We were shooting a dancing scene, however we couldnt actually play the music as there was conversation at parts in this scene, so one person had an earphone in with the music, and the rest of us followed her beat. I was asked to play Heather, a girl at the party who spills her drink on Charlotte during the party, and so we filmed that with a small amount of tea in a cup. We managed to film all of our scenes needed, and then we began taking down the set and putting away the equipment. The next day, Thursday, was our second shoot day, and we were filming the bus stop scene. Sára asked me to buy some kebabs on the way to the shoot as props that the characters are eating during the scene. This shoot was in the evening due to when the scene was set. My first job on set was looking after the equipment whilst it was being transported from the taxi, as we cannot leave the equipment alone in case it is stolen. Then I was asked to stand in for the actresses who were getting ready in order to compose the shot. Once we started shooting I stood on one side of the bus stop a few meters away and Vienna was stood on the other side so that if any pedestrians were walking down the street, we could let them know that we were filming and ask if they would mind walking behind the camera and keeping voices to a minimum. This mostly went off without a hitch, however we discovered that if they walk too close behind the camera, you could see their reflections in the glass of the bus stop, so we fixed that by asking them to walk a little further up. Once we had finished shooting, we helped pack up all of the equipment and clean up. There was one more shoot day on the Friday for Waiting for Marcus, however unfortunately I was unable to attend that day so that was my final day on set. A little later in the week I recieved some stills from the shoot from Molly to use for content. I have attached some photos from behind the scenes of the set below.

For Us Not Them, I continued checking the instagram, and recived a dm asking about casting, so I directed them towards our email.