Filming #1 - 27/01/08

The whole group went out to start filming on 27/01/08. We wanted it to be completely dark with only street lighting so we met up at 8 o' clock. From studying our shots and after analysing our reccie shots we thought that the best way to start was with the opening shot in a location that we had found in our reccie. Here is a list of the shots and the locations in which we took them:

Shot 1, 2, 3, 4 - We filmed these shots in an alley near Hotel Du Vin in Tunbridge Wells and behind AXA PPP building. We found that the problem that arose from this location is that the natural lighting was not that great and it is quite dark, it also looks quite red. We experimented from various angles with different movements before finding the shot we liked. However, shooting these sequences did take longer than we expected.

Shot 6 - We filmed some of this shot near the millenium clock in Tunbridge Wells but we have not yet come up with the final shot we want of this. We used it experimentally. The difficulties we found were that the busy road caused delays and it is quite hard to find the distance of the shot we want. The shot also requires an element of timing so may need to film a few times. However, we do now have some quite good preliminary footage.

Shot 7, 8 - Again, we found this shot experimental and may not end up using our current footage. The phone gave off light that didn't look that good when on camera. We may need to find another location for this shot as the lighting wasn't ideal.

Shot 9 - We tried this shot in the middle of town in Tunbridge Wells but again the lighting was a problem. The advertisement lighting dominated the shot so it wasn't what we had hoped for. However, we got an idea of how it would look like so we can try to find a more suitable location the next time we go out filming.

Filler shots - We realised once we had animated our storyboard that we were probably a few shots too short. Therefore when we were out filming we decided to have a look around and possibly shoot some sequences that will be in the final video but are not in our animatic. Here is a list of the extra footage we capturted.


Camera on Car - Nat sat on the bonnet of Rob's car holding the camera, filming while reversing as Lucy walked towards the camera. This was a very good shot as the car park lighting worked very well and gave quite a nice effect.

Lucy running - We filmed one of Lucy's idea which was for her to run along a strip of shops and then when it comes to editing blur the lights of the shop to create a speed effect. We got a small amount of footage to analyse on the software before deciding whether we will be using the idea.