0:00:00 > 0:00:03The Wedding Car was the last of the six films
0:00:03 > 0:00:07It's My Shout, a film training scheme, made for BBC Wales.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11The idea came to first-time writer Catherine Kerr-Phillips
0:00:11 > 0:00:14when exploring the Gower Peninsula, near Swansea.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18She wanted to look at the concept of modern-day relationships.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22I was driving through the Gower and I saw a very clapped-out,
0:00:22 > 0:00:25little...I think it was a Peugeot 106 or something
0:00:25 > 0:00:29and it kind of made me laugh because it was a really old, little,
0:00:29 > 0:00:31tatty car but it had wedding ribbons on it.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34That made me notice the car and I was going to toot my horn at it.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36When I looked inside the car there were two fellas in the car,
0:00:36 > 0:00:38both wearing suits and it kind of got me thinking,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40"What was the story there?
0:00:40 > 0:00:44"What would happen if you lived in some kind of remote,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48"little village in the Gower and you were secretly gay?"
0:00:49 > 0:00:53The production team decided to base the film in a rural
0:00:53 > 0:00:55part of South Wales.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59They thought that such an area would provide a realistic setting
0:00:59 > 0:01:01for the main theme of the story.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03It's probably really hard for people.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I mean, it's hard for anyone, probably, to come out as being gay.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10but if you've got all the pressure from what people expect from you,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12certain pressure from your community,
0:01:12 > 0:01:13from your family or whatever,
0:01:13 > 0:01:17maybe there are places, I don't know...
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I think the more remote the place, the harder it is for you to come out
0:01:20 > 0:01:24as being gay and say, "Look, I'm sorry but this is the way it is."
0:01:24 > 0:01:27I think, possibly, it wouldn't be as widely accepted.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30The main actors, Tom Murton and Shaun Llewelyn,
0:01:30 > 0:01:34study at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36They were captured by the story's appeal
0:01:36 > 0:01:40and could see an almost comedic potential to the relationship.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43We first saw the script at the audition,
0:01:43 > 0:01:45just didn't really want to stop reading it.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47We did the read-through together and then
0:01:47 > 0:01:50when we actually did the audition we were put together as well.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53In a way that helped the chemistry be there from the start.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55It helps the characters' histories,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58as well, because how well they know each other, we can just use that,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01we don't have to make that up, cos it's already there.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Filming was not without its problems,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08particularly when trying to find suitable locations.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12The original intention was to film the wedding scene in a church
0:02:12 > 0:02:16but the team found resistance, due to the homosexual themes of the film.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19When we were researching for the script,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22we were speaking to a lot of people and I think socially it's a lot more
0:02:22 > 0:02:26acceptable but I think we did suffer a few complications in trying
0:02:26 > 0:02:28to source certain locations.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30We were quite respectful to, obviously, faith,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32originally it was a church, we had to go processes like that.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35So, that was quite a difficult one.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38We ended up settling on a location here in Usk, it's got a lot
0:02:38 > 0:02:40more character to it and adds a lot more character to the story.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Yeah, I think social acceptance,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I think that's what we're trying to show in this film.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48The most difficult scene to film was the wedding ceremony.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53It included more than 50 supporting artists and the main actors.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58Becky, the bride, played by Hannah Barker, was jilted at the alter.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Hannah explained how she would feel in a similar situation.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05I'd be gutted, I'd be absolutely gutted!
0:03:05 > 0:03:10Humiliated, obviously, not knowing that your fiancee's gay, erm,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14but then you'd also feel a bit guilty - why would you not know?
0:03:14 > 0:03:19So, I'd probably cry a lot and get very drunk!
0:03:19 > 0:03:23The most difficult task for the director was to keep the pace,
0:03:23 > 0:03:28tension and comedy of the film up until the climax kiss.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31He had to make this come as a surprise to the audience.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I think the moment of the impact that we see in the final scene
0:03:34 > 0:03:35between Rob and Barry, I think
0:03:35 > 0:03:38there's a little bit of acceptance from the crowd.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40There's acceptance from people we meet along the way, as well,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42and we're trying to include that in the story.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46GASPS
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Sorry, we are going to get paid, aren't we?
0:03:52 > 0:03:57'It is showing the progress in the modern-day world, which is amazing!'
0:03:57 > 0:04:03It's not, sort of, it's not the '50s any more, people are normal people
0:04:03 > 0:04:07and it's how to play that without
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- giving anything away. - Putting it in someone's face.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16There needs to be more stuff like this on the telly as well.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Just because people are brought up and it's not
0:04:18 > 0:04:23seen as something that's normal and so seeing it
0:04:23 > 0:04:26and it being out there is better, really.