Today we filmed Heta and Jenny's scene from Life is sweet by Mike Leigh, the scene was between two twin sisters, Natalie and Nicola who are completely opposite.One is a plumber who is going on a trip to America and the other is a jobless, unhappy, sex addicted bulimic.
The scene is very humorous, but is also very dry and sarcastic. Jenny's character is very sarcastic and quite monotone, and Heta's character is very erratic and jittery.
I feel this scene was really good, I was really impressed with how well both girls have found characterisation and how well the conversation flowed between the two. The timing of the come backs were excellent, and Jenny's line about "Yanking" in America was very funny, because she got the timing spot on.
I really enjoyed watching this scene and I particularly loved how Heta used her facial expressions throughout, she used a very scrunched up face, similar to the actress in the film and changed her voice to suit the character.
I cannot really think of anything they could of done to improve the scene, as the relationship between the characters was really strong, it reminded me of a mother daughter conversation, as Jenny was quite laid back and giving straight answers and Heta kept persisting with silly comments and she had quite a childish manner.
Jenny could of possibly played around with her character more, she could of had a different voice or used her facial expressions to portray how she was feeling, but overall I cannot find a fault with this scene.
I was director for this scene and I really liked the experience, I felt I was a calm and patient director, and everyone always had a job to do. I liked helping Heta and Jenny with their scene and giving my opinion on which camera angles we needed to shoot. I think as a director I am quite laid back but I made sure everything got done. I did not want to be a bossy director, as I wanted to develop a good relationship we everyone. All the class helped out with something and the shoot was really nice and smooth, and was mostly just one take shots, as the setting was simple and we did not need to be moving around with the camera as the actors stayed on the sofa throughout the scene, and the scene was quite short as well.
I learned a lot from this shooting and I am glad I had the opportunity to be the director, as sometimes in class I kind of take a step back and sometimes feel too laid back, so it was nice to be more vocal and present in this lesson.
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