The wedding

We started shooting with the wedding scene. We’ve been filming for the last 10 days. That scene had to be done first because of the number of extras. We decided it was better to do it before. We had more than 50 extras for that scene. It was difficult to coordinate everyone. And it took even more time to put everyone through make up and costume. I have some stills of the wedding that I managed to get yesterday.
It was hard to manage to get a huge group of people to stand in the positions I wanted and the faces I wanted them to make. Basically my main idea was for the faces to express disproval towards Marie Antoinette even in her own wedding. An Austrian outsider that it’s not welcome in France.In the first still you see the people present at the weeding, looking at Marie Antoinette with curiosity and disapproval. In the second still you can see Marie Antoinette happy, she is wondering what will happen next and she doesn’t discard any possibilities. The light used is very bright for Marie Antoinette, and the rest are more in the shadows, in a dark place. She is the one getting married and becoming the dauphine of France and no someone else.Here you can see the interesting choice in costume, Yellow dress with a black necklace and a lot of sequence and shiny fabrics. Even the men are wearing light colors and their wigs have a tone that matches their outfit.Here is the king of France, with his mistress. The Mistress is wearing that blue opaque dress, because no one likes her, she is an outsider to the throne, and that will be represented throughout the film with her choice of wardrobe. The fireworks after Marie Antoinette’s and Louis’s Wedding are used represent, the happiness of the alliance between France and Austria. Also the hope for a son and a good monarchy are represented here as well.