Monday, 3 November 2008

Further planning and filming

Before I could begin to film, I had to complete the planning process by producing a shooting script as well as a second-by-second timeline which states the sound and vision I want in detail. I finished both of these and took a video camera and tripod home over the half-term holiday.

One day during the holiday I took myself, my equipment and my actress (and fellow media student!), Rachel to the location which was Heacham Beach.

I found myself up against a few difficulites including the fact that it got dark so fast, it was me against the clock! Not to mention the tide coming in. So I had to make sure I filmed it properly first time round. I also faced other problems such as having to change things that were on my storyboard due to inappropriate weather conditions. However I will go into further detail about this in my evaluation.

Despite all the problems, the filming went rather smoothly, the weather and setting really portrayed the mood that I wanted to portray. My actress did a really good job and even made herself cry!

I was very pleased with the end result. All that is left to do now is upload my footage onto one of the iMacs and begin to edit!

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