We decided to film our opening title sequence at my house as we feel that it created the right setting for our character Daisy. The house is a typical family house; semi-detached in the suburbs of London. The rooms we shoot in are a bedroom and the kitchen. The bedroom was big enough to offer us space to film and we re-arranged it with clothing and belongings of Daisys' in order to make it feel like her own room. When we filmed in the kitchen, we felt it was the right setting for Daisy to have an argument in with her brother, Jason about what she was wearing. It is here we see him acting like the older and wiser brother.
Exterior:
Daisy's bedroom (though not set up with her belongings and clothes):
The kitchen:
Costume and Make Up:
Our cast only consists of two characters:
-Daisy: the main character.
-Jason: Daisy's brother.
We decided to base Daisy on some of the more rebellious charcters from both TV Drama and Film. Here are some of our main influences:
Jenny from TV show 'Gossip Girl':
Anna from 'Freaky Friday':
So taking inspiration from the characters above we created Daisy's rebellious, rock chick, grunge look:
As you can see from the characters above, both Daisy, and Jenny from 'Gossip Girl' wear dark and heavy eye make up with messy, untamed hair.
Ellie, Kate and I wanted Daisy's older brother to look more like the typical, normal boy. We decided to dress Jason in a plain white top:
Props used in 'Chasing Daisy':
-clothes to spread out over the room.
-Daisy's belongings also spread out over the room.
-the clothes Daisy gets dressed in.
-Daisy's bag.
-cigarettes, lighter, pills, beer bottle and jewellery on the bedside table.
-magasine Jason reads.
Equipment used to film 'Chasing Daisy':
-Sony Handycam.
-Tripod.
