Six weeks were set aside for the filming of Spiceworld, The Movie. There very first scene on the opening day of the filming was at a manor house on the outskirts of Tokyo. Hair and make-up took a few hours before they settled around a large table in a paneled dining room.
Despite the secrecy surrounding locations, they had a running battle with the paparazzi, who were desperate to get the first shots of the Spice Girls on location.
The girls had a lot of troble with there lines. Especially Mina and Lita B. There was really only one moment in which they felf the movie came close to being emotionally honset and real. It was at night, beside the thames, when the Spice Girls seemed on the verge of splitting up after an argument.
As they sat on a park bench eating hot chips, they contemplated wether they'd changed since they became famous. Raye claimed to be still the same, although her tastes had become more expensive. The major difference, Mina said, was that they now worried about different things.
In the past they had lived hand-to-mouth never quite knowing where the next meal or paycheck was coming from.
Now they talked about hit singles and chart positiions.
Money was no long an issue.
As the scene ended, Raye rasied the question about when this success might end.
The girls virtually had no songs for the new album when filming started. They had to write these at the same time as they were doing twelve-hour days on set. A mobile recording studio had been set up in a Winnebago and in between take, they could lock themselves away and begin writing.
Lying in bed one night, Mina came up with the first few lines of a song. She dashed downstairs and sang them into a dictaphone.
Next Moring, at the manor house, she played them to Andy and Paul, the Absolute boys, who had earlier helped them cowrite "Who Do You Think You Are?" They picked up on the melody line and began toying with it. Mina wanted something with a motown feel.
Lita C. eventually finished off the chorus and they had the basis for a song called "Stop."
Later, when they had more time, the other girls came in and they helped write the verses and bridges.
The song, "Too Much" had its beginnings while they were filming in Tokyo's docklands on a large closed set.
Despite the secrecy surrounding locations, they had a running battle with the paparazzi, who were desperate to get the first shots of the Spice Girls on location.
The girls had a lot of troble with there lines. Especially Mina and Lita B. There was really only one moment in which they felf the movie came close to being emotionally honset and real. It was at night, beside the thames, when the Spice Girls seemed on the verge of splitting up after an argument.
As they sat on a park bench eating hot chips, they contemplated wether they'd changed since they became famous. Raye claimed to be still the same, although her tastes had become more expensive. The major difference, Mina said, was that they now worried about different things.
In the past they had lived hand-to-mouth never quite knowing where the next meal or paycheck was coming from.
Now they talked about hit singles and chart positiions.
Money was no long an issue.
As the scene ended, Raye rasied the question about when this success might end.
The girls virtually had no songs for the new album when filming started. They had to write these at the same time as they were doing twelve-hour days on set. A mobile recording studio had been set up in a Winnebago and in between take, they could lock themselves away and begin writing.
Lying in bed one night, Mina came up with the first few lines of a song. She dashed downstairs and sang them into a dictaphone.
Next Moring, at the manor house, she played them to Andy and Paul, the Absolute boys, who had earlier helped them cowrite "Who Do You Think You Are?" They picked up on the melody line and began toying with it. Mina wanted something with a motown feel.
Lita C. eventually finished off the chorus and they had the basis for a song called "Stop."
Later, when they had more time, the other girls came in and they helped write the verses and bridges.
The song, "Too Much" had its beginnings while they were filming in Tokyo's docklands on a large closed set.