103a

7 friends and University graduates in their early twenties deal with work, friendships and romantic entanglements in this dramedy web series set against the back drop of the modern economy in the south of England

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Money

Yeah I really need to get back on this.........

This is my new strategy to save money.

I go on a website - say Dorothy Perkins

I look at all the clothes I like

I put the clothes into my shopping basket

I check the price

I cry over the price

I close down the window quickly

Money saved!

I think I may have a problem though. 

xxx

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Local News

103A have made it into our third paper! All this exposure is so important to us, we are counting on word of mouth to get noticed so if you haven’t already told a friend about us do so now!

See the article here http://en.calameo.com/read/001298822718b9948f48a - page 23.

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Launch Party for 103A

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Launch Party Love

To celebrate 103A going live we held a fantastic launch party in Soho, London a few weeks ago. After securing the exclusive venue Apartment 58, a few free drinks thrown in, a good playlist and a decent sized guest list we were ready to go.

Guests started arriving from 7pm and were greeted with a drinks voucher and directed round to the watch the promo and interviews with the cast and crew. With the drinks flowing and people greeting each other right from the off it promised to be a good night.

At around 9pm the very talented Russell Swallow took to the stage to do a completely unplugged set. With just his powerful voice and his guitar he managed to woo the crowd into silence and his voice filled the venue with ease. Russell sang ‘Paper Aeroplanes’ which is featured in the pilot episode, and added a couple more songs to his set. He proved to be popular as guests headed to chat to him after he had finished and pick up some copies of his CD.

There was a short speech made afterwards, accrediting Jezmae Metcalf with all the hard work and effort she had put in to making 103A, it is quite an achievement to write, produce and star in a show and by starting ‘Montague Street Media’ Jezmae has managed to boost people’s careers from the Actor’s to the Editor’s.

The atmosphere was one of fun and laughter; the guests mingled and chatted about the show creating a buzz that was needed. Everyone seemed excited about watching the pilot episode which was due out the following day.  The PR/Events Coordinator wandered around the venue making sure that everyone had enough to drink and handing out vouchers or ‘buying a round’ as she liked to call it. The photographer, Lizzie Scott, made sure the night was remembered, snapping away and producing some memorable shots.

The night was a huge success, made complete by fantastic guests, live music and a gorgeous venue. Everything wrapped up officially at 12am, although guests carried on partying at a bar around the corner, despite it being a Tuesday.

Montague Street Media would like to thank everyone who came along and made the night, and especially thanks to Russell for entertaining the masses. It was a night to remember and it was brilliant to see people enthused by the show.

If you haven’t already head over to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDftcuqpI78&feature=g-upl and see what all the fuss is about.

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The moment is here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDftcuqpI78&feature=g-upl

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Behind the scenes

More footage avaliable for you at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUn73K6JkLE&feature=plcp

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Competition

103A are running a competition!

If you would like to win a place on the guest list to the launch night at Apartment 58, including a couple of free drinks for you and a friend then go to www.facebook.com/103ashow, like the page and answer the following question: 'If money was no object what kind of party would you have?'

Message us your answer and the best 5 will win.....Good Luck!

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10.10.12

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Where to watch...

If you head over to www.youtube.com/user/103AShow you will find the 'Meet the Cast' interviews and very soon the first episode of 103A!

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103A - Behind the scenes - Meet the cast!

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In The Paper

Things have started to heat up with 103A. We have been involved with a couple of newspapers/magazines which is incredibly exciting as it really helps boost our profile.

Not only that but the response on facebook has been brilliant, people havent even seen the episode and already they are getting involved.

Here we are in the 'County Times' paper:

and if you head over to All About Horsham (www.aahorsham.co.uk) you can read the whole article about 103A but here is the professional picture:

Look at us!

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On set

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Cast and Crew

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Getting to know you...

In a house, in a town, in the South East of England, a group of young adults met. What were they there for?

The 103A Show of course!!!

Weekend 2 started bright and early with crew on set at 8.30am. We set up a gazebo in the back garden and ran an extension lead out making our own little kitchen. Tea and croissants were served and the cast went in and out of makeup in between rehearsing and the crew setting up the cameras and lighting equipment. The sun was shining and the mood on set was optimistic about the filming, now that everyone knew each other the acting flowed better than it had before.

The first scene involved lots of wine and getting ready for the night out ahead,  as well as including some background information about the characters.  We want people to relate to these characters so it’s important that we build the relationship.

Afterwards the cast assembled in the garden to film the opening shots and have some pictures taken, and there was such a good atmosphere. The cast did some takes as themselves and with a quick costume change also filmed sections in character. Cast and crew sat out in the garden together eating lunch and joking about. That was the best thing about the filming of the first episode, the atmosphere was just brilliant. Then it was back into the living room for some more drinking scenes, we set the living room up with cards and alcohol and the cast set about acting drunk and playing drinking games. It was quite lovely listening to the cast shouting out and laughing along like they really were drunk.

The kitchen scene came next with nearly all the cast involved, the over the shoulder shot of Mark (aka Josh) into the kitchen is especially effective. The scenes were getting easier to shoot as the day went on, as everyone became more comfortable and actually by the time the last scene rolled round with just Jezmae (aka Alex) and Ryan (aka Conrad) it seemed a shame to go home when we were all having such a laugh. Unfortunately the alcohol on set was not for general consumption due to continuity so we all packed up and went to get our beauty sleep for the following day.

The sun was beaming down on the second day as everyone arrived on time and went into makeup, and were transformed into hung-over wrecks. We did the first of the behind the scenes interviews and Toby (aka Harry) and Ryan (aka Conrad) made it very clear that they were only wearing makeup for the hung-over scene! Filming started for the day and the blackout windows helped create the illusion that the characters were just returning from the party, drunk and with shock revelations on their hands. Ryan (aka Conrad) kept making people laugh before they said their lines but it helped add to the drunken atmosphere.

The girls were next setting the scene for the night ahead, their conversation involved background of what the premise of the show is really about, that it is hard for University leavers to get a job. The final scene of the day was fun but a bit emotional as it was the last one that everyone was in for Episode 1, but a perfect one to shoot because of that. The cast sprawled over the sofa, it was incredibly realistic, and they all looked like they had a rough night. Brownies and cups of tea were passed round throughout the scene to keep spirits up and inappropriate jokes flew across the room. As the last line of the script was read a cheer went up. It was quite said saying goodbye to some of the cast, we wouldn’t see each other for a while, or at least until the launch party, but everyone really felt like a friend you didn’t want to lose.

The edit had already started, screening dates were set and PR was gathering resources to get the word out. 103A really was underway….

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First weekend filming

The sun dawned bright and early on our first weekend shoot. All the cast assembled in the garden with cups of tea to rehearse and wait for their make-up call whilst the crew set up the shots for the dramatic scenes of the day, it involves a secret but I’ll say no more! There was a general feel of people sounding each other out on set as they got to know each other but the banter was already there which was very positive.

The day passed without too much of a hiccup, all the cast remembered their lines and slotted right into their roles with ease. That is the good thing with the topics that are portrayed in 103A, the cast and crew know exactly how their characters are feeling because they have felt it themselves.

One of the scenes filmed was set in the bathroom, and despite being a relatively big bathroom, when there are blackout curtains up, windows closed to exclude outside noise, set lights switched on, doors closed and 7 people crammed in, it can get quite hot. Jezmae, the writer and cast member made it quite clear she was never writing another scene in a bathroom again.

Everyone took a break after the scene was done and munched on some much needed pizza, before doing further scenes around the house. As the night wore on and the cast and crew moved out into the garden you could tell that everyone was getting to know each other a bit better. There were more jokes and laughter and the whole atmosphere was relaxed as they did their takes. Cigarette after cigarette was rolled for continuity, and cups of tea were poured to keep warm. There was a funny bit at one point where Cerys storms in and her on screen boyfriend Josh, played by Mark Smedley has to swear at her. We tried a very angry ‘fuck off!’ which had us all in hysterics and an ‘oh for fucks sake’ which worked with the scene but made us laugh even more with every take he did. We wrapped after an intense day of filming, had the obligatory clap and all went home to bed.

Crew arrived on set at 8.30am the following day, and started to set up and make tea with the cast not far behind them. Filming for Day 2 had officially started, the cast went into hair and makeup and the shots were established. There were kissing scenes to film and that was one of the hardest parts, how do you kiss a stranger when you are sober? But they both managed to pull it off. I won’t tell you who kissed – you will have to watch the episode to find out!

It is amazing how quickly time flies when you are on set, the runner went out to get lunch and everyone took a slightly extended break because there was so much to talk about. All the cast then gathered in the kitchen for the party scenes. Making the kitchen look like a house party was taking place wasn’t that difficult, it required removing the fruit bowl and stacking empty cans and bottles everywhere. By the time we were finished it was quite believable, it even had that ‘sticky’ look so common at house parties.

We finished filming early evening and called a wrap on the weekend’s filming. It was actually quite sad to say goodbye to everyone, even though it would only be a week until the next shoot, it was such a laugh on set that you just wanted to keep filming. With the first weekend wrapped we were one step closer to the finished product!

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Meet the Cast!