Pre-Production: Building the set

We met with Paul today and started to build our set. Paul is a set designer who is helping us to build and construct our set. We met with him and started building our set a day before our shoot day so our group and I were prepared for our shoot. I enjoyed creating our set.

• We started our preparation by painting the ceiling flats grey. We did this first as it allowed the ceiling flats to properly dry before we handled them. We then started to build the walls. 
• We placed 3 wall flats next to either side of the door evenly and clamped them together using G-Clamps.
• When the ceiling flats were dry, we placed them on top of the walls.
• As we wanted to include light bulbs into our set, we decided to hand 2 lights equally between each crack of the ceiling flat. As a group, we decided to hang some of the lights shorter than others to add more effect and creativity to our set, almost making the room look more contrasting and interesting.
•  After this we needed to staple the breezeblock texture to the walls individually. We had to paint the top and bottom edges of the wall where the breezeblock didn’t cover to make the set complete.
• The next step was stapling the keys to the celling. In order for this to be successful and work we created a plan between my group and I. For example, two of us would untangle and cut strays of the fish wire and then hand the keys up to the other two, who would staple the keys with staple guns to the ceiling. I mostly took on the roll of untangling and cutting the strays of fish wire and handing it up to the others. We similarly did the same plan as our light bulbs and decided to hang the keys at different levels and heights to create a more enclosed, effective room. We tried to distribute the keys evenly.
• Lastly, we painted the floor grey and left it overnight to dry.