Notes about the day of filming- Emma Robertson

Here are my notes I made during our filming day:

Problems

Bench location= we had to change the ideal bench due to the slope, it caused the extreme long shot to be slightly slanted.

Muddy conditions= due to the great British weather! the grass was very muddy causing the final shots of the actors lying on the grass to be scrapped

Ambient sounds= some sounds worked really well such as the wind and birds. However, there were times when the sounds of trains, children and dogs caused some of shots to be destroyed

The tripod was broken causing us to use handheld camera- although it did help to produce a social realism gritty feel.

Camera batteries= we were very limited on time because the camera batteries were dying at a fast rate

Advantages

Continuity= Due to Rich's voice is the same tone

Iconic shots= we had some great shots such as a low angle of Rich with the trees in the background and a two shot of the couple sitting on the bench

Clear depth of field seen= due to the camera itself- WAS A FANTASTIC BIT OF TECHNOLOGY TO WORK WITH!

Worked well as a team= we all shared ideas on the set and to help find a solution to the final scene

What to do now?

We felt that we had enough footage on the day and the freezing temperatures made us pack up early

We kept in mind the post-production processes such as Final Cut Pro and Garageband- which will have a huge part in this production

Personally, I was worried about not having enough footage, but we have to remember, it's only a 5 minute film, I just being a perfectionist!

When I went home, I thought of a solution for our final screen- I thought we could use green screen so I went back to the location by myself and filmed some of the grass and establishing shots of the landscape to capture for the green screen background.

Emma Robertson