The month of May was an extremely busy month for me! In between work, I was starring in one of my closest friends film dissertation called 'Love's War", helping the boy with his dissertation, my weekly Wednesday helping hand at the Rose Youth Theater and a short trip across the sea to Northern Ireland on a visit to see my best friend in her home land. Can you say busy, busy, busy?! I've decided to split this into two posts otherwise it could get rather lengthy and we don't want you dropping off into your cups of teas !
Love's War
So, during the month of May acting and being in front of a camera was very much a regular thing. Now I'm no stranger to being in front of a camera but I was nervous! I may not be a stranger to film acting but i'm certainly no expert after having only done one previous short film before this one. So yeah, I had some butterflies! These butterflies were partly because I felt a bit rusty, partly because I felt slightly out of my comfort zone, partly because I didn't want to let my friend down but mainly because our scene involved fire, and a lot of it! So when our time came I settled down in the back of the car with my tummy full of butterflies and I started to loose myself in my own daydreams gripping my boyfriends hand as I let my thoughts take me somewhere that did not involve fire!
We shortly arrived at our set and with us already being in our costumes we headed up the bumpy path which soon quickly opened out onto a wide stretch of bare fields and rubble with two trenches dug out at either side and a partly burnt door in the center of it all. It was slightly calming until Josh approached with petrol then pulled out a lighter, and then informed me that I was going to be walking bare foot along a firey path and then opening up a burning door to reveal my boyfriend on the other side! This was named "The Lovers Sequence". I think now might be the right time to give you all a brief description of the film! So the film is an abstract film on war. Josh shows in the film different images of war, love and the dying men's last visions so to speak of the loves they have left at home. For example there girlfriends, mums, brothers, friends. It's filled with dance, acting and still images and in my opinion a very lovely and gripping piece. Anyway back to the day! So as we started to set up I had realised that I had left a part of my costume at home (I blame the nerves) ! So Ian and I ran and jumped into his car and drove hastily back to the house so I could grab my shirt, then we quickly made a cheeky cup of tea (ssshh don't tell the others) and
headed back on our merry way clutching our mugs.
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| Yes Ian was driving whilst sipping his tea! |
So the shoot went on and it was wonderful and not dangerous at all! Josh made it extremely safe and fun. I really do love working with those boys, they create magical things with their camera's and over all he got a strong first for his short film. Very well deserved!
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| All photographs taken either by Joshua Gwynne, Samuel Joseph Wall, Ian Casey, Jessica Rose McGee or using a tripod. |
The Boys Dissertation
I am going to keep this short but sweet as I got a tinsy bit carried away with "Love's War" ! However it doesn't mean that I am not proud of my boy!
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| When Ian Dressed as a tramp for a victim Photo |
So my lovely Sammie's dissertation was a short performance loosely based on Jekyll and Hyde and Elementary (the new take on Sherlock Holmes, if you haven't watched it yet i highly recommend it). It was about a detective investigating a string of murders involving a man called Kane. After some serious investigating happening in front us it became clear that Kane was in fact the alter ego of said detective. Some serious stuff! The piece was filled with riddles and clues ending in a hard hitting confrontation between the two personalities! It really was a truly gripping piece. My boy worked so hard on this piece and had me and one of our good friends called Vicky in there until the earlier hours of the morning watching, commenting and helping him out. It all payed of though as he got a fantastic grade of 2:1 for it! In my eyes he should have got a first but only we know how much time was spent writing and preparing
himself for such a demanding piece of drama. I am so very proud of him though, my shining star!
Until next time my fellow day dreamers!
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