First Day Filming

During a free lesson on Tuesday, me, Sam and Max filmed the one of the flashbacks that feature near the end of our opening. We found an office in school that wasn't being used because the owner was teaching and it was a suitable location what with the positioning of the door and the desks inside, fitting with the way I had imagined it looking.
This went very well and we managed to film different angles of the same shot so that when it comes to editing, we have a choice of which ones we wish to use and which will look more interesting.


At 5:30, we met at the end of the road we were filming on. I had brought the storyboards and a make-shift clapper board to use to make the distinction between scenes easier when uploading the film onto Final Cut, the software we're using to edit. 
We had problems with lighting, as the street lights weren't as bright as we had first thought, yet shining artificial light from a torch, didn't look realistic and ruined the effect of the shot, so our only option is to edit it brighter afterwards.
There was also the problem with passers by and cars, which meant we had to wait for them to pass before continuing filming, and the problem of the weather. The majority of the filming is completed, but the last section of filming was abandoned for another day as the temperature had dropped and it was too cold to act or hold the camera properly. 
I helped with the clapper board and setting up shots. I didn't do any filming, but next time I am hoping to take on this role a bit more. 


We have also begun editing the shots we have filmed, and are learning new ways of editing the shots each time we go on. For example, learning how to brighten up a shot but keeping the contrast with it at the same time.