Second day of filming:

Once I had completed filming with Megan, I started to plan the day that I would film with one of my other actresses, Hayley. We arranged to film on Sunday the 12th of December (yesterday), as Hayley is busy most saturdays. Again, I had organised most of the props prior to the day of filming; however, there were a few things that I needed to create with the help of Hayley (the writing on the mirror, the text message on the phone screen, etc). I met Hayley in the morning, then we began walking to Hayley's house whilst discussing my ideas for the day ahead. Just like Megan, Hayley listened to me, contributed to the conversation with her ideas and opinions, and offered possible solutions to my problems.


Unlike Megan and I, Hayley was serious right from the start. She was eager to start filming, and hardly laughed or behaved immaturely at all. I filmed each shot about 3 times, in order to give me more footage to choose from. This was a really good decision to make, as I now feel that I won't be short of clips. If something doesn't look right, I now have a wider variety of footage to fall back on. 

The bruising created using
makeup

There were moments where we had to stop what we were doing in order to sort out props, which was my fault in all honesty. I should've completed the props previously, rather than finishing them off with Hayley - this would've saved a lot of time. However (as I mentioned above), there were things that I needed Hayley for; the main thing being the bruising shown on the characters face, using makeup. Obviously, this needed to be done on the day, however, I did experiment prior to the filming, in order to get the right look. It took us about 5/10 minutes to create the bruising effect, but I was very pleased with the end result. I made it very dark, so that it would create visible shadows on the camera. I think it looked really realistic!


Overall, my second day of filming was a success. In total, it took us about 4 hours to film everything, but time would've been decreased if it wasn't for my disorganisation in terms of the props! Also, I am quite a perfectionist, so I wanted every detail to be correct. Hopefully filming with Stephie goes as well as everything else has so far!