Filming: Day 1

Introduction
We all decided to meet up at 11:00 AM to complete our first filming session, however we didn't actually begin filming until 12:00 AM, as there were issues.

Equipment, Costume & Make-Up

For costume and make-up Amy arrived at Amber's house before filming times to have her make-up done and also to change into her outfit for the opening scene. Also for equipment, Amber was offered a high quality camera, however by the time it was collected, it was 11:30 AM and so 30 minutes of the filming time had already gone. Also other equipment that we had available was Kayleighs camera, which we eventually had to use because of camera battery problems. And other equipment involved a adjustable tripod which we used to get a range of camera shots, keep the camera steady and get different camera heights.

Problems Encountered

Location Change

The Elevator and Stairs at the new Location.

When we arrived at the original location we encountered some problems. We saw that there were many security cameras which were high up on the buildings which we noticed and that the stairs had now become blocked off with barriers. The stairs was very necessary for the opening scene as they lead to a car park up above on top of the roof. Also this area was very icy and an obvious danger was that when the chase scene begins, one of the actors could seriously hurt themselves. The next step was to find a new location, which did not take as long as expected and we choose a underground garage situated on Denmark Street.

This is the entrance to the Car Park

This new location has both benefits and drawbacks. Benefits of this location include that there is both natural and artificial lighting this helps create two different atmospheres. Inside there is very limited artificial lighting which helps create a mysterious element and that outside there is a lot of natural light which makes the mood completely different from inside. Another benefit is that this location offers many places to film, for example underneath the building there is an elevator and stairs which lead to the ground floor. Also there are stairs which go up to the side of the building to a balcony which could be used to make the characters seem both vulnerable or powerful. Another benefit is that the building doesn't look out of place and fits in well with the genre of spy thriller as there is metal gates and fencing surrounding the building which help relates to the conventions of the genre. However this location does have large drawbacks as when we begun filming we realized that the area had frequently passing people in the car park which makes it difficult to film and very frustrating for the person currently filming. Also another large drawback is that because there are many people passing by that means the car parked in there spots are always changing and this ruins the continuity of the film which makes the film look very unprofessional.

  

Camera Battery

We took turns filming

When filming, we encountered an issue with the camera we were using, as it had very limited charge and we couldn't use the camera to film. Kayleigh had brought a second camera to take pictures for evidence so instead we used her camera to film and we used our mobile phones to take pictures for evidence. However even though we had a camera with charge we were unable to record on Kayleigh's camera as she hadn't ever used the filming feature and wasn't familiar with it. But we soon figured the film feature out and begun to start filming. Even though we originally wanted to start filming at 11:00, the problems set us back a whole hour and so we actually started filming at 12:00. Also Kayleigh's camera ran out of charge at 3:00 so we were forced to stop filming.

The Public

With the new location we chose, there was a lot of people passing by which made it difficult to film as we had to keep stopping as people were passing by and were in the way of us filming. This caused the filming speed to decrease and the amount of film we had complete was not as much as I would of hoped for.