Shoot Day: 18th November

This was the shoot that we scheduled a reshoot of the 90s scenes as well as filming the whole dance sequences for both the dances in all the eras, then we would film modern.

To make our lives easier, we decided to start with 90s since the actors knew exactly what they were doing so we would get it over and done with.

Setting up 90s scene

This was much easier to do since we had shot this scene many 3 times before so we were able to quickly move onto the next scene which was the dance sequences.

Here are some photos from the 90s scene:

For the dance sequence, to ensure the continuity of the dance sequence between the different eras, we had to remember to keep constant the following aspects:

• Camera Position

After we had positioned the camera where we wanted it for the dance sequence we were not allowed to touch or move it after until we finished filming the dance sequence. Since the camera was not moved we did not have to refocus it as the depth of the actors were the same throughout all the shots.

• Actor Positions

Me marking the floor

The same reason to why we didn't move the camera, we needed the actors to be in similar positions throughout each eras. So we made small unnoticeable pencil marks where the actors would start off in each shot.

First we started with the 90s due to it being set up, however we had to remove the coffee table allowing more space to dance in.

Next was 80s due to the easy set up:

In the 80s scene we kept the book that the female lead was holding in, establishing the set and era.

Moving onto 70s dance scene: 

After our previous shoot on 70s, our dance floor had been ruined so we had to do some quick repairs so it looks fairly decent on screen. Also the marks that we had on the floor had to be transferred onto the disco floor so the actors would know where to start.

Our last era was 50s for both dance:

Troublesome setting up of the set

Unfortunately our cars were not as nice as they were when we first used them, which was quick upsetting but we had to deal with it.

We made sure to do both the dances for each era; although the actors had practiced the dance before, we shot many takes but in the end we were able to get excellent ones so we didn't have to reshoot everything.

After all those eras we shot the mordern scene, filming the second dance first since modern is not introduced before the first dance.

The great thing about this shoot was that as it went by, the filming became quicker for each shot because the actors started to get a hang of the dance sequence therefore making less mistakes.

Then we moved onto shooting the modern 'meeting' of the couples.

Brandon and Juliette going through choreography for Jacob

In the end we were quite satisfied with the footage we got, here are some edits we did:

This edit showed us that the dance worked really well and one thing I was really happy about was that the colours of each eras complimented each other so well. We were all really satisfied with the outcome especially how the actors were in the correct positions throughout the dance.

When we put together the footage we obtained for the modern era, we decided that some frames were not shot well for example the close up of Juliette, and so we schedules a reshoot.