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Disaster

So we got a new actress for our film really quickly, this meant we could get straight onto filming. Everything was going well, we had the storyboard and shot list to hand and everything went smoothly. There were some hick ups, the tripod was loose again but that happened just at the end and the camera battery ran out.

Today we went to edit the film and capture it...

However we couldnt because the picture was awful and this is because the camera heads were not clean. SO all our footage has to be scrapped and we wont be able to do any until after term. On the positive side, the shots looked amazing and everything went to plan. Hopefully this is just something we can learn from and take positives from it.

Long Two Days

After filming last week and deciding that we needed to re shoot most things. Me and Will have come up with a new storyboard, new shot list and even new script. We Have also encountered a major problem. The actress that we used for the first day of filming cant do this week. This means that we cant use any of the previous footage because we will have a new actress.

Filming Day 1

Today we had an early start so that we could get our film filmed for Fridays lecture. We went to our location and started rehearsing, then we started to get our equipment out and discovered that we had not been given a microphone. This set us back a lot because Ben had to drive back and get it. Once we started, things started to go well. We were getting good shots, the actors were doing well and the location proved to be a good choice. Then we started to run out of time and because one of the actors is in a play on Friday, today would have been our last opportunity this week to film him...So we rushed! this caused us to get the worst shots and to be honest nothing flowed. The sound from the buses outside was awful and this meant stopping and starting a lot. Once we got back we decided to watch through what we had filmed and try and edit it. This just proved to us how much rushing it had cost us. Were planning to re shoot everything next week and hopefully spend more time on it.

Filming

SO our new project is a moving image one which im really excited about because its what i want to move into. We were put into groups (ours is a a group of 3) and then were given a script which we had to read and interpret. We were give the script "Ticket" which was quite a hard read but i think we interpreted well. We then had to choose our roles in the film making... I got Director which means i have to rewrite the cript, create some storyboards and work with the actors. I also have to work with the camera operator for camera shots. Im enoying this project so far a lot more than flash because flash was just me in my room working till late and getting really frustrated.

The other day we went looking for a location to film in...we have altered the story so that it does not take place at a bus stop but a cafe. We decided to try the a cafe which we thought would be perfect first just to get the dissapointment out the way, however we got really lucky and they said it would be no problem, so we had a drink, got some contact details and were on our way.

Now im in the process of rewriting the script, i have all the camera shots on a seperate piece of paper and am including them in the script. I just have the last scene to write which is the one we are adding.