Diary of Filming

17/03/13

We started filming at 9.30am. The first shot we filmed was a mid shot of the two actors walking towards the sea, we had to set up the tri-pod to the correct height so the two actors looked right in the frame. We filmed this shot twice to ensure that we had enough footage when it comes to editing. The second shot we filmed was when the two girls walked past the camera at a mid shot, we had to film this shot a few times as when we first filmed it the camera was not at the right angle and was too high up.

The next shot we filmed was when the two actors came into the frame from either side of the camera and walked away from the away the camera, this started off as a mid shot and ended up as a long shot.

We wanted an extreme long shot of the two actors walking along the beach. Originally we intended to film this shot from the pier but when we arrived on location a shot from the pier would have been too far away and the two actors would have been completely unrecognisable. Instead we filmed it from the top of a wall, which created the shot we had in mind.

An idea we had on set after studying the shot list we decided to add in a pan shot as this would help scenes flow together better and create a more professional look. To start off with we had to loosen the tri-pod so the camera could panned smoothly, however we did encounter a problem as sometimes the movement was not very smooth and jolted the camera, so this meant we had to film this shot multiple times.

After filming the pan shot and all the other shots on the shot list we decided to film some extra scenes such as a mid shot of the two actors talking whilst sitting on the beach steps. We did this to make sure we had enough footage when it comes to editing.

We filmed all of the scenes that involved the two actors first so they could leave earlier and not be waiting around. After we had completed all of the shots with the two actors in we filmed the extra shots that involve the scenery and wildlife. We had to film a close up shot of the waves. At one point we had to take the camera off of the tri-pod, as the tri-pod did not go down low enough, in order to get a lower perspective shot. Originally we planned to get a close-up shot of seagulls but we couldn't get close enough to them so as a compromise we used a mid-shot instead. Our final shot of our opening is a shot of a seagull in flight, this proved to be quite difficult to achieve, but in the end we managed to achieve the long shot of a seagull flying.

Posted by Abby P and Hayley