Filming Diary

Day One - 21st March 2014

On the first day of filming we ran into a major set back, the actor that we originally chose to be our actor wasn't able to make the day due to issues beyond our control. This meant that instead of not filming at all that day we decided that we would use Ryan, a member of Husky Productions to step in for actor, as he was the only person suitable to stand in for the actor as he knew how the character would act. This meant we could determine if the shots we were hoping to use were appropriate.

Another set back was that due to other members of  Husky Productions we had to start later than we planned due to traffic, this meant we could not start at exactly 4:30 as originally planned, however, since I had all the equipment needed, I had set up the camera and tripod ready to start as soon as Ryan and Peter had arrived, and waited patiently. 

As soon as they had arrived, we immediately started. Prior to this, we discussed that so Ryan could get marks for camera work, that he would film most of the establishing shots that didn't include him in it and Peter and I would shoot everything else.

Even with the delays, we managed to film every shot three times by our 6:00 deadline. This meant that we could films everything by the time it turned too dark.  

Day Two

Day two was the first day of editing. This involved choosing the appropriate clips and putting them into the right order. Unfortunately, as I was on a biology trip for the rest of that week, I wasn't able to help them complete the first rough cut. 

Day Three - 6th April 2014

On the second day of filming, we reshot everything again, this time with Alex, our actor. As we knew how we wanted it to look, and taking into consideration of the feed back we were given of the first rough cut, we were done in just a couple of hours. This meant that everything that we had shot, didn't need to be reshot, especially  because we had shot each scene three times. This day ran quite smoothly, even though there were minor traffic delays.

Day Four

We started editing the rough cut two, we made most of the improvements that we needed, as we added some shots, it made the clip also longer, this meant that we could cut other shots that were too long.

Day Five

For rough cut three, we all decided that I was going to edit this, as I hadn't edited the first rough cut, this let me move some of the titles around and lengthen or shorten clips to make it suitable, I also changed the font to a more suitable one and also added some audio in the background.

Day Six

For the final film cut, we decided that we were going to add the audio of Jake Schofield talking about Mark Hitching, his late best friend.