Today's Filming

Today, we managed to get the Durham and Shincliffe scene filmed, where Stephanie is wandering through the city, lost and ends up a woodland environment, not sure where she is.

Tomorrow, we are going to film the woods scene, however I am hoping that it won't be too dark, as we can't start until 4pm and sunset is now at 3:50pm, however I am wanting the give off the effect that the sun is just starting to set as Stephanie enters the woods and begins to return home, so this should work out ok. If not, we will have to film the woods scene next weekend or another week day, however just earlier. 

I also need to film a Stephanie's phone ringing on her bed, to use as a cut-away to show that Stephanie's parents are worried about her, however because she doesn't call back, they lose touch and this is shown in the end when she returns home. 

This is a short rough cut of what we filmed today:

Durham Rough Cut

I am not sure whether the shot that I have taken from the other side of the river breaks the 180 degree rule, however if it does, I think it works. What do you think?

I made sure that I did a test shot before Stephanie walked down the stairs, as I wanted to make sure that I got her full body in the shot before we started to shoot.

I had a lot of trouble with the focus today for some reason as it wasn't very clear on the camera screen; however when I have uploaded the clips onto my laptop, I have chosen to use the clips that are in focus and that's partly why I did the log sheet with the clips on. 

I have also had to lighten up some of the clips as the sun way in the way, which made Stephanie just look like a shadow, however post-production should be able to sort it out.

As the Christmas Lights were being turned on today in Durham, it was particularly busy and people were getting the way of the camera etc and it was rather stressful; however we got there in the end! 

There are some slight changes to my initial plan in terms of the storyboard that I matched up with the lyrics, as this scene has overran slightly, as it was due to finish at the end of the second verse; however now it ends just before the middle, so that the woods scene can be playing as "this is nothing to be proud of" is playing, which I think will work extremely well.

Before editing this, I did watch the clips that I had taken today and made notes on what went well and what didn't:

I noted down the clip number, the length of the clip and also a tick/cross as to whether I could use the clip and I have given comments on some of them. This really helped when I was uploading the clips into iMovie, as I was able to just upload the ones that I needed.