Film Diary (18/11/17)

On Saturday 18th November 2017, we did our first section of filming for our re make of Fluorescent Adolescent. The initial shoot was only for the first 26 secoends of the song and then the last 10 seconds or so. This was done with relative pace as our shot list and story board aided us throughout filming.

There were several positives to take away from the days filming. As it was our first day recording we didn't know exactly how it was going to work out 100%, however through strong directing from all 3 of us, our actor seemed very confident and sure what he was expected to do. Our actor was Tom's dad and he didn't mess up once, he was very serious in allowing us to capture what we needed in a very efficient time. Our actor also had a car which was very helpful as none of us had one as back up. The weather was also perfect for filming the particular scene as it was very dark and during filming, it even started to rain, this coincided with the mood of our character, this worked very well. The only drawback of the rain was that we did need to film certain parts outside, as the equipment wasn't ours, we didn't want to damage the camera as it would cost us to repair it. Luckily not many shots required us to be outside, as many of the shots were inside the car. However the car shots were very tricky and fiddly to do as we were in a confined space. We used this to our advantage however as we thought of more ways to use camera movement and angles as we were limited to what we had. Therefore, we left the filming with more angles and scenes than we expected, this will benefit us as we have more content to work with during the editing process.

However, there was going to be a few aspects to improve. For instance, we tried to drive as little as possible and consequently, we recorded on an extremely bumpy road, leading to shaky and relentless filming, however we can use this as a metaphor to back up the fact that his life isn't smooth sailing and it's perhaps not as lively or easy as it used to be. An easy method around this is using a stablizer for the camera. This would have smoothed the bumps and made it less harsh. Although it was bumpy i think it will work when we come to edit. This was really the only downside of the filming we did, and as a first attempt i though we did very well, i expect us to do a re shoot on this part, further into the construction phase as our narrative may alter from whats shown on the story board or that the shots were too shaky to be used. All in all it worked well and there was no conflict between us 3 producers as we used the story board and sot list to its maximum advantage.