Day 1 Filming

To remind us all Amy set a reminder on her phone for our day one of filming. Her is the snapshots of the reminder on her Ipod.

The first scene at my house went well and didn’t take us as long as we expected. When I got into my costume Jessie and Amy thought it would be a good idea to take pictures of the actor (me) so that if we were to film on separate days we can refer back to the pictures to make sure that my hair, make-up and costume would be the same. The location was easy to film in and it was a bonus that no-one was in the house to disturb us! We filmed the scene from various angles and at some points we even filmed the same section multiple times so that when we came to edit we could pick the best takes. Amy and Jessie took turns in the filming and directing and I took care of the location of the props and lighting.

 Picture to show my costume and hair.







Close-up to show make-up.







Back of hair.

Side shot.

Side shot.










Here are pictures to show us filming the first scene at my house.

Jessie and Amy took  turns in filming and directing the first shoot.

We decided that if we used this bright halogen lamp the camera shot  would be a lot brighter and clearer resulting in a better shot.


Following our shooting schedule we were then set to go over and film scene 3 at Jessie’s house. This did not happen as the weather was not good and we felt that if we filmed the whole thing in the 1 scheduled day we would be too rushed. This concluded that we were just going to have to schedule a different day to film the final scene! This meant that we could refer back to the pictures above to make sure that my hair,make-up and costume were the same.

This then left us with carrying on the schedule and getting a lift to Amy’s house to film scene 2.  It was very hot and dusty in the attic which restricted the angles and shot lengths. The dust also meant that the shot appeared blurry and not to the high standard that we wanted! The halogen lamp we used at my house came in very handy when filming this scene as the light already in Amy's attic wasn't bright enough. It was easy to move around but we had to be careful because at 2000 watts the lamp got very hot. 


Due to the difficulties of the first day of filming we made sure that when we schedule 
the next day for filming we were all aware of the date and time. To do this we got together as a team and decided which days we could all do. Once we decided we used WEB 2.0 technology to confirm, in this case it was Facebook.  Here is a print screen of our confirmation.