Day of filming!

Thank god we have filmed. Five and a half hours of filming and we had gotten all the shots we needed.
The day went smoothly with makeup first at around 11 and it only went up from there.
Charlotte did Bens makeup, giving him a pale complection with dark/deep set eyes and excentuated cheekbones. This made him look very malnourished.
For Niamh I gave her very minimal, brushed over her face with a skin colour to really smooth her face over, then made her eyebrows a little darker before drawing her cheek bones out a little.
After finding out the camera we had was out of battery and had no charger with it i went hunting for a charger that might have fit but there was none to be found. Thinking for a moment I decided to ask Charlotte if we should just use my phone to film as it was quite good quality. That's what we did, filmed everything on my phone. Although we had a few problems with the wind and the sound quality, it's a fixable thing during editing.

The bond off camera between Niamh and Ben was very like real siblings. A huge thank you to Ben and Niamh for stepping in last minute. The fact that they had a good relationship reflected in their acting with each other as they were both comfortable with the connection on brother and sister. It's clearly shown in the shots that Charlie ( Ben) has a protective personality when it comes to his little sister.

Once we had all eaten our subway and had a lunch break we got straight back out and began to film in the tree-house.
Charlotte and I brainstormed a few ideas of how we could get Rosie ( Niamh) actually falling off the tree-house such as:
○ someone standing underneath to catch Niamh - we figured that was a major safety hazard.
○ getting bales of straw for Niamh to jump on - we were unable to get straw up to the tree house
Finally I thought of just dropping my phone as a scream could be heard. Trying this technique out and seeing the result we couldn't have asked for better.

A few more shots and pictures
THAT'S A WRAP !
Lots of thanking to do
Thanks to Charlottes Mum and Bens Dad for bringing them to and from Marlborough
Thanks to my Mum for being out personal driver alla day
Thanks to Dawn and David Hearson for letting us use their amazing Tree House for our filming
Thanks to Charlotte for doing Bens makeup