Film Diary

Sunday 6th December

We filmed today for three hours at the location outside of Hillesley. Here we filmed all of the shots for our media film ready to edit and start creating the film.

Before we started filming for the day we did a quick run-through with our actors of what we wanted to achieve and how we were going to do it. We then also started to line up shots and see what camera angles worked and what angles didn't.  We did this with the help of our shot list and story board so we knew where we wanted people to stand and what we wanted them to do.

Unfortunately, like most filters we had to change a few of the shots that we were planning to do because of size issues in the barn, such as it being to thin, and because of health and safety issues that would break our terms of agreement with the owners of the barn, such as using the hay bales or climbing on them.

We wanted to make sure that we had enough versions of shots were filmed on the day so that we had a wide selection to choose from when we started to edit it. We also made sure that all of our shots were aesthetically pleasing by looking at the shots that we had done on the camera and re-filming any shots that we weren't happy with to make sure that we had everything we needed all on the same day.

Overall I think that our filming was highly successful and that we wouldn't have to re-film back at that location but instead use voice recordings and other sections of clips to create the same effect.