2. First location – My House
Actors involved for this day of filming include:
Ex-girlfriend = Jodi Sampson
Drunken/alcoholic boyfriend = Ashley Diamond
4. We started out by creating the scene of what we
named the ‘drug den’
We collected lots of empty alcohol bottles, empty
cigarette packets and empty wrappers and placed them
on the couch and on the floor around Ashley
We bought an ashtray and burnt paper into it to make
it look like ash, and then we placed cigarette butts into
the ashtray
We placed all of these props on the couch, coffee table
and the floor to make it look like he has been drinking a
lot in on that couch, and that is why he is drunk and
passed out
Creating the Mis-en-Scene
5. Filming the opening scene
We placed Ashley at my kitchen room table, with a framed
picture of myself (his ex-girlfriend), a vodka bottle and a
glass of vodka
We placed the dolly behind his chair and filmed a few ‘over-
the-shoulder’ shots to try create the effect of Ashley’s POV
We tried to subtly introduce the problem with alcohol that
Ashley’s character has
We used the red-head light here to show a focus on his
choice between his ex-girlfriend and his alcohol problems
6. Filming Ashley’s Drunk
Scenes
We placed Ashley on the couch, surrounded by empty
bottles of alcohol
We used a variety of angles to shoot him, many high angles
to create a sense of powerlessness, weakness and
inferiority
We turned off the main lights and used red head lights to
help try create an intense, sombre, dark mood to these
shots
Some of the shots used we shone the red-head the right-
hand side of his face, which created a silhouette of him on
the wall beside him, which is a common feature in Film Noir
films
7. Filming the girlfriend
discovering drunken Ashley
We experimented with this scene and shot it over quite a
few times
We tried a hand-held shot with me (the girlfriend) holding the
camera filming my feet walking, and then a POV shot finding
Ashley passed out on the couch
We also tried putting the camera on the dolly and filming the
scene from behind the couch of me walking in, discovering
passed out Ashley, picking up empty bottles analyzing them
and then throwing them at Ashley and then crying on the
couch next to him
