'Bloom' Get Together.

Tonight's events were very interesting.  Before we start filming 'Bloom', Rob (Director and co-owner of Sic-Infit Film Productions) arranged for cast and crew to meet up at his flat so we could all get to know one another.  I was really nervous at first but everyone was nice and it wasn't long before we had quite a few laughs - in between working of course :).

To get into the swing of things Rob had us reading the Bloom script out loud, then the questions and answers flowed soon after.  Bloom is such a mysterious, short horror story - now I'm really excited to help out next weekend!...

In between several cups of tea and costume fittings the make up team discussed hair/wigs and styles of character make-up. They conducted skin allergy tests on the cast using fake blood and silicone - fingers crossed there won't be any skin reactions.  I've also learn't about 'tear sticks' make up artists use to make actors cry - NO it's not a big stick they beat the actors with! :) It's a menthol stick (smells like vapour rub) that you sweep under the eye to make it red, plus the fumes help to produce tears.

Rob had some of the cast record some short dialogue, while I cracked on showing Becca, who plays Emily, how to hold and work the replica gun I'd brought in for props.  Before the evening ended Rob further explained when and where filming will take place, apologising for the intensity of the scheduling. He's hoping we can complete everything in one weekend but advised we might have to get back together a couple more times if things don't go to plan.

As film 'Runner' I reckon I'm going to be pretty busy, helping with script supervision, guiding the cast, managing props and arranging sets plus whatever else is needed to help filming run smoothly. I've got my kit together - script, call sheets, baby wipes, fake blood, tissues, needle and thread, safety pins etc, so I should be able to tackle any small problems that come along.

Roll on the 25th Jan...:)

Finished Christmas temping.

Finished my last shift at Boots this afternoon, the hours flew by quickly.  Christmas is over but there were still an overwhelming amount of customers - all hoping to bag a sale bargain though most of our shelves are bare.

We temporary workers received a Boots 'goodie bag' at the end of our final shifts, a really thoughtful gesture, the perfume, make up and nail varnish much appreciated.


It was a little sad when handing over my locker key and discount card, but we all kept our red shirts and identity badges.

I've already asked to be considered for any future temporary work - fingers crossed :)...

College 'Prize Giving' evening.

Just got back from my college 'Prize Giving' ceremony for 2012-2013 achievements.  Sadly quite a few of the old A2's couldn't attend as most were still away at university.

Receiving my award from Mr Ryder - our college Principal.

I had a really good time tonight, it was nice being there with my family, friends and tutors, but best of all I won a prize for excellent work and effort during my AS Media Studies - YES!! :)

2012-2013 AS and A2 students.

Christmas Temping...

I can't believe I'm over halfway through my Boot's Christmas job.  It's kept me busy every weekend, what with stock movement, stacking shelves and running for 'on line orders'.  Till work is a blur sometimes with the huge amount of Christmas shoppers, but the day passes quickly.  I've met some lovely people, both customers and staff and can honestly say I will miss working at Boots when my contract ends :(.

Every shift brings a challenge, most people are patient with me when I juggle cards, money, vouchers and 'Boot's points' at the till, quite a lot laugh when I can't seem to get the knack of separating, never mind opening, the plastic shopping bags... :)  I'm confident I've got the hang of most things, which is great because now I have more time to help and chat with customers.





Children with their parents are my favourites, it's really cute how excited the kids get when passing me mum's money and card.




Best of all their eyes light up when I give them the shopping bag (making sure it's not too heavy of course - some of these kids can barely see over the counter) and then they reward me with a big smile :).

I also like helping elderly customers choose Christmas presents for their grandchildren.  They appreciate the product advice I give them - based on my own experiences. Feels good knowing I'm helping people.

Running for 'Bloom'.

I recently received an e-mail from Rob, 'Sic-Infit' films, requesting all the crew and cast get together in January 2014 to discuss our new film - 'Bloom', plus run through any thoughts and ideas.  I'm looking forward to meeting up with everyone again and being introduced to new members of the team.  I'm also getting excited about filming 'Bloom' as it's quite a dark, mysterious story, so I anticipate a challenge and hard work ahead.

Rob, our producer/director has already sent out 'call sheets' for filming in January - he likes to keep everyone informed so we can organise our own work schedules.  After the 'get together' as film 'Runner' I'm expecting to put in a lot of research, use my initiative and imagination when finding appropriate props and costumes. The film location is easy enough as the story is set inside a house, which I think Rob has already organised :).

Here is one of Rob's call sheets - looks like we are all going to be busy over the January weekend...

AS Media Blog = 'Example' for new students

I was talking to a fellow Media student from our college AS year today, she told me that my old AS Media blog is posted on the college 'Learning Box' website as example' material for the new students.

I must admit I was really pleased and a little flattered when hearing this, especially when she told me she regularly views my old blog and finds it helpful when making her own :).

Making our zombie film trailer

After many months of preparation, arguing, and discussion, my Media group (myself, Aimee B and Amy J) and I are finally cracking on with filming our zombie trailer :). This group work, plus individual blog and magazine cover is for our A2 Media Studies unit 3.

With Christmas fast approaching by the time college is over it's dark outside.  We needed to film some daylight scenes, so yesterday our Media teacher kindly let us film during lesson time.

Here we are in the children's playground in a nearby park.  I wanted to film an eerie and empty scene, with swings moving on their own.  The idea is to make our film trailer audience realise something is wrong - where are the children, why is everywhere empty, what's happened ????

Gemma, our film trailer protagonist, came into college today and during our lunch break I styled her hair and gave her some cuts and bruises - not real ones -  I like Gemma :)...

Amiee and Amy prepared our film equipment and some of the props.

Here we are shooting some early trailer' scenes in our college library and wash room.

This was the best part of today... we decided to shoot a scene in subway tunnel - it was quite a spooky atmosphere and sound echoed.  Here we have Gemma in front of the camera and I'm the creepy looking figure right in the background - here was my chance to act like a zombie :).

Here I've suddenly appeared (in zombie mode) behind Gemma, where she turns round quickly, see's me and screams - however as you can see things didn't go to plan in this shot :)...

More of our filming exploits can be found in this following link A2 Media Blog.