First Shoot

Yesterday (Saturday 29th) we had our first real shoot and we had some big problems at the beginning because of loads of cars on the road, and other irritating background sound. The worst was heavy rain that you could really hear hitting the umbrella we were using to protect the equipment. Apart from this the shoot went quite well.
We solved the problem of the rain on the umbrella by recording some atmospheric sound of outside to replace the real sound of the outdoor shots. After having a well deserved break we got started on our indoor shots. These worked a lot better than the outdoor shots as we didn't have the weather, or other background sound, to worry about. The lighting all worked well for us and although it meant we left Alice's house at 10.15 (the shots took a lot longer than we initially thought they would) we managed to take all of our shots, exactly as we planned them, which will mean that if anything has gone wrong which we didn't notice while filming, we will have time to reshoot them on Friday.
We were also lucky to have actors who played their characters well and who didn't complain about being cold, although we had them outside in the rain (Barney had to film in the rain without an umbrella for quite a while), and who didn't complain about the filming taking longer than expected.
There are still some things that we need to do (which we will do as soon as possible this week):
- Recording the sound of Laura and Barney laughing together for when she 'hears' the picture
- Recording Barney's side of the dialogue
- Check the lighting, the footage for dialogue and her leaving the bathroom for continuity (we will do this in our lesson on Tuesday while we capture the footage)

- Mel, for the group -

Creating Our Own Track

Although we wished to use the dolly in order to create a track, it was too wide for the hallway we wished to film in. Instead we attempted to create our own track using a wheely chair. Here are a few pictures:

Alice is looking really enthusiastic about this track...

Off we go...

Laura posing nicely...
Oh dear! It didn't quite work haha

- By Aarti

More Pictures from the Shoot

Filming outside before the rain started

Aarti and Alice filming the 'atmospheric shower sound'

Filming the female character leaving the bath

Making sure Laura actually looked like she had just had a shower

Giving Laura some notes

- Mel -

Pictures from the First Shoot

The group :)

The candles, and 'shrine'. This is part of the opening pan.

Aarti enjoying her pizza on a well deserved break!

-Aliceee

Photo For Her Dressing Table

These are the shots that we decided look quite good, plus one that I think might work:

In the top two shots they look like a happy couple, which is how we wanted the shot to look.

In this shot (above) they look happy and are laughing which I think would work well if we decided to have her 'hear' the picture as it would mean the sound could directly relate to the shot, however I don't know if the picture would look as could when it is printed out, and in the first shot (two above) hearing them laugh would also relate to the shot.

UPDATE: The shot we chose to use to put on her dressing table is the first shot.

These are the other shots we took:
Although these shots would also work the others are better

- Mel -

An Early Storyboard of Shots

We have changed this storyboard slightly since the test-shoot for continuity purposes and made it more detailed. We completed our final storyboard today and I think it works much better now!
- Aarti

Meeting 28th November

In our meeting today we've ensured that we're completely sorted for our real shot tomorrow. We've taken the picture of the actors that will be in the photoframe on her dressing table and Mel will post these tonight. Also, we finished our storyboard and shooting script, including when we're taking breaks. We have also checked our equipment to make sure it's all ok, and everything's there. We've also agreed on who's bringing what to the shoot. (Mel: napkins, towel etc, Aarti: Photoframe), we're filming at Alice's house so everything she's providing will be at her house already. Now that we're ready, we're looking forward to the shoot and hopefully everything will go to plan.