Rain of color

The Masquerade ball was a very fun part to film. Again we had more than 100 extras. Compared to the wedding this scene was easier to do. It was parties so I just said to everyone, imagine you were at a party at your friend’s house, and forget that is 1763 and just have fun!
The song selected for this scene is a song by a group called Siouxsie and the Banshees and it was released in 1978. The song is called Hong Kong Garden. For the version in the film a special instrumental opening was created.
In most films, the music is added after , but in this case we needed people to be actually dancing and not pretending, so the music was heard all over the place.
The costume choice was different than the wedding. For the first time in the film Marie Antoinette is wearing a black dress, representing that in that place and in that time she is not the queen of France. She escaped from Versailles and sneaked into the ball as a stranger. Other costumes are not pastel as in the wedding; they are more bright and daring, compared to the rest of the film. The camera moves all over the party as it were a guest watching all of the movements at the party.