Sourcing the Props and continuing Decorating the Set! Studio Shoot Preparation

Firstly in preparation for today we got our Set Designer to draw up a prop list and put it on a Google Doc which we could all access. We then went through the day before and people wrote their names next to props which they already owned and would be able to bring it. I then asked everyone to bring in all their props they had offered up for the piece this morning. I then went through the list and all the props we had collected as a group and spent time with Jay working out which ones we were going to use and where. It also gave me time to update the google document so that we could work out what we still had left to find, what we needed to buy or make and what we needed to cut due to be budget conscious. Here was my updated list once we had run through it this morning:

Production design material and prop list

NAME	Make	Buy	Owned	Cost
Mirror frame	Jay will be making this out of skirting board - Need to get measurements and then buy from Homebase £2.99 for 2M	Need to Buy the Skirting Board
Chair x2			Jay - has two of these and will bring them Monday 28th
Curtains (the other group are using a blind? )			They have some in the studio!
Bed sheet or something similar - To hang on the mirror to cover it	Got something in the Studio to use
Lamp x2			Katherine - Metal / glass lamp with cream shade to bring in Friday Sugini - Metal Lamp with purple shade (already here)
Post its			Billie had brought them in
Ink splots			Billie brought it in
Potted plant			Logan brought his dead plant in and will provide more on Wednesday 30th Sugini to bring in fake nice plant Friday 25th
Moss and vines			Logan and Jay to bring in on Wednesday 30th
Condoms			Billie already brought them in. Jay to bring in box for them Friday 25th.
Wedding ring			Billie already brought in rings. Sugini will bring in a box for it Friday 25th.
high heels			Billie already brought one pair in. Can another girl please bring in another pair!
Alcohol bottles			Billie brought a few in but can more people bring more please as and when they get them.
Water bottle		Jay will go and buy these
Bible			Katherine - I have one, please bring Friday 25th
Baby objects /teddy bear			Katherine - I have a few, I believe, Bring what you have for Friday 25th. Billie has brought 2 teddy's in already.
mum / dad mugs		Jay will go buy these
Pencils /stationary			Jay will bring these in Friday 25th
Art supllies / pallet		Jay might go buy more?	Billie already brought some in
motivational and music and dirty posters		Jay has already brought these
Photos selphies	Need to print these and hang them
Paint	DONE	DONE	DONE
Painting sand, sand paper, brushes, other painting equipment	DONE	DONE	DONE
Broken phone			Ollie owns one, Please bring this in for Friday 25th if possible
desk/ bed side table		We desperately need to source these!
Costume elements  (look at costume design)	TBC	TBC	TBC

The things highlighted green are what we had in front of us at the time. I then to make it clear for everyone who wasn't there today put specific dates of when people needed to bring in the other props. I feel like this has uncomplicated what was beginning to become quite stressful for Jay on his own. I then made everyone aware of this update so that they can organise themselves accordingly or let us know of their is anything else they can help with.

Then I moved on to begin to trim the bottom of all the wallpaper in our set as it was dragging on the floor where some of our lengths were too long. This too some time and patience but thankfully people from my group helped as well. We then used masking tape to carefully stick down any bits which were peeling away as the paint had made some of the lining paper so wet it had began to peel off. However we weren't too concerned about this as it added to our desired effect of a beaten up room.

Then I moved on to beginning to put some of the props up in the space. We started with things that could go onto walls as we didn't have our furniture yet. We put up a curtain pole and curtains which we made look scruffy to match the style.

Then a select group of us began to put up posters in the space and make a collage out of them on the wall to add to the mess Jay wanted. While we did this I sent a small team of people which consisted of Sugini, Ade and Jay to find the desk we wanted. I had done some research into this and found out that the other group who were filming first in the other half the set had a desk which they go cheaply so I kindly arranged with them to leave this in one of our spaces for our shoot days and they agreed. Then this meant we only had to find one to match it on the other side. I directed them to begin their search in the same place that the other group had brought theres from however they found out they were out of stock. They then decided to go look in the large charity shop nearby in Aldershot and there they were able to locate a desk which match the one in the other space apart from it was black instead of white. This worked though as the two sides weren't directly meant to match anyway as one is darker and messier. Katherine, Logan and myself gave them a go ahead so they purchased it. It turned out nicely and they arrived back with it at the end of the day. We just need to put it back together tomorrow as it was disassembled to be able to fit into Sugini's car! While they were out here is what we created in the space in and amongst helping other members of the group understand their role and help them with their paperwork.

We then finished off the day by a few of us including myself staying a little later just to mop up the floor in our side of the set as a lot of paint splatters were on it from our painting that week. It is clean and ready so that tomorrow we can build our desk and put this and the rest of the props in the space.

I have also sorted out a plan of action for tomorrow with Katherine and Logan. Ade who is Sound in our team has got a Folly studio booked for tomorrow morning so he will be in their recording even more sounds for the soundscape with the kind assistance of Jay. The need multiple peoples voices for this so they will pop in and take people out of our class one by one to quickly go help. Then once they are done Ade has got himself an editing suite booked to go and begin making the Soundscape. Jay is going to rejoin the class at this point to finish off the lighting workshop which the rest of our group will be attending. Then when the other group begin their Pre-light later on in the day we will leave the studio space and reconvene with out group in the library for a meeting to prepare for our shoot the following week. Then at 4pm when the others groups pre-light will be done myself as Assistant Director, Logan as Director and Katherine as Producer are meeting our two chosen actress's back in the studio space to begin working on blocking out our piece now using Logan's finished script. This will run till 7 and will give us a chance to let the actors work on it with our guidance and make sure we know and they know how the piece will look ready for the actual shoot the following week.

I am very happy with today as we have made a lot of progress as a group and I have tried my best to make sure that everyone is helping so that we can achieve the best results.