Tom Bailey A2 G324 : Advanced portfolio: Shoot 4 - The house party

Thank You - Fallen Grace House Party Rushes from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

This was the last of our 'big' shoots as it involved a lot of organising mostly because of the amount of extras we needed to create the party atmosphere. In total we had 15 extras as well as our three main characters. The location was at team member Abigail's apartment. This shoot also required a budget to provide food and drink for the party such as crisps and fizzy pop as well as a few extras such as decorations and party poppers to add to the mise en scene and connote the atmosphere of a teenage house party. My roles for this shoot included camera man and assistant director. I also suggested and provided some of the extra props such as the party poppers which although slightly messy allowed us to create some very interesting and creative shots. Everybody performed their roles to a good standard. Emma continued to direct and have an overall eye on how the shoot progressed, Abigail and I teamed up as camera operators with her shooting the inside scenes and me the outside scenes including the crane shot which was achieved through the use of the large balcony at the front of the apartment. For this shoot saqib took over on the boom which is usually my secondary role to assistant director. On top of these roles I also took the majority of the behind the scenes photographs which is why I don't appear in most of them.