Filming

Well filming is finally over, due to good planning and a team effort we some how managed to get all of our footage in one day. In fact i feel we have far too much footage, we have used five tapes in all, some of which are alternative angles from other cameras or of production and fun stuff. in this post I basicaly want to put in some production shots, locations and general thoughts about filming.

Wed 19th Nov, early morning- Everyone is bright eyed and cheery!

As we began filming early on Wednesday it took us a while to get up and get motivated, once this was done however we started to get into full filming mode as we go through the very first shots we needed and our Director went alone to get shots from the car with Tom and Liam. During this time we got creative...

....With a "Star Treck" character! (See if you can spot this figure in our footage!)

Toward midday we started to set up for the interview shots, we decided to hold the interview in the conservatory as there was plenty of light and it was a plain room in which to conduct the interview and would not distract the audience. We spent some time checking that the shot was right, getting people to sit as the subject in the interview while we checked lighting and sound.

However it was here that we encountered our only major problem while filming and that was that there was too much shadowing on one half of the subject. this was due to the Sun's position in the sky and was making things hard. But janet had a brilliant idea.

In the picture above you will notice a mirror leaning up against the freezer, Janet thought of putting this here to refplect the Sun's light on to the other half of the subject, evening up the light to the subjects face. This proved to be an ideal solution as it worked well and cost no time and effort to move if needed.

Throughout the rest of the day we continued to film Tom, Liam and the band mainly just encountering the everyday processes of filming, including, checking sound levels, ensuring nothing unwanted was in shot, looking at lighting and checking the white balance. we did not have many problems while filming, we had the odd shot with a group memebers leg or some bags in shot. One most occasions we noticed these problems almost imediately, but due to the amount of footage, extra angles and re-takes we did we had enough footage to find a better shot on any problems we found afterward.

Me and Kez checking the white balance before filming Tom.

By the time it came to get the train home everyone was relieved to have finished with a job well done and to be leaving for a good night sleep after two days of walking, filming and sleeping very little on a cold floor. However i enjoyed my time filming this project and i think it had a lot ot do with our organisation and pre planning causing all to go well that did it.