Filming - Day 2 - How did it go? (Jack)

Filming Day 2 - DONE

This has been a very difficult, yet very successful day of filming. We have achieved mostly what we set out to do, as you will see in the following comments.

GOOD POINTS

• All of the bedroom shots have been redone. We will have a look tommorow at the finished outcome to see if it is an improvement
• We took many more shots in the forest which will help give us more options when it comes to editing
• All of us were there
• The lighting appeared to be so much better (we used my bedside lamp instead of the LEDs)
• We made progress about titles and music

BAD POINTS

• We ran into many different and unfortunate problems.
• First of all, when filming on a Sunday transport issues became a problem as all the buses were off-timetable
• The forest setting looked much greener than it did before, considering it was only two weeks ago yet it was more into springtime, this didn't help with continuity
• Once we had set up the location, the camera, the lighting, the costume, the framing, we discovered for some reason it wasn't letting us film. I spent quite some time cycling home and back trying to find other SD Cards. We tried calling for help but it went onto voicemail. When we slotted new SD Cards in, the same message kept appearing. It became incredibly frustrating and in the end we had to call a friend who lived close by and ask if we could use his Camera
• Luckily, after cycling to his house and back to collect his camera, we managed to start filming
• This lasted for 5 minutes until the batteries went out
• I cycled back home to collect more batteries, further shortening the amount of time we had for filming
• We went through a total of 8 sets of batteries, all lasting for a few minutes or so, as we slowly managed to complete our filming
• We were disrupted by annoying kids who didn't read our 'FILMING IN PROGRESS' signs and interrupted our progress
• The swing, previously used in the last shot, had been taken down by someone. That swing has been there for the last 5-6 years without disruption!

Despite running into problems, I think we have had a productive day of filming. I am looking forward to editing in the following week and working around with the footage we have.