Filming the smashing plates

We decided that the darkest place we would find that would be good for shooting this scene was in the photography's dark room. It was pitched black so we could use the spotlight on the camera which gave the same light as the other scenes we had shot (paint scene and studio scene). One of us stood on a chair while the other filmed and the one standing on the chair, dropped the plate from that height with a bit of powder paint on it so that it would link into the powder paint fight and so that there would be an explosion of powder paint when the plate hit the floor. This worked very well and we got some great shots from this filming session.