Thursday 3rd February 2011
The filming was successful and we managed to film the voice-over and letter writing sequence in an hour. We used the school drama room during the hours of 1:30pm - 2:30pm so we didn't need to worry about the travel and weather forecast. We managed to get our actor, Ash Coombs, into costume quickly and dress the set without any major problems occurring this meant we were able to film the letter writing sequence quickly, the quality of all the footage we filmed was high and all was usable. When recording the voice-over we made sure that the sound quality was good and that Ash portrayed the the right emotions into Billy's voice. It only took two attempts to record the voice-over to a standard we were happy with. Myself and Miranda took turns to direct and shoot the scene. We worked well as a team and made sure that we made the most of our time.
Saturday 12th March 2011
We all arrived at Sandwich at 12:30pm. We lost a little bit of time scouting Sandwich trying to find a suitable location. But we finally found a suitable location, Fishers Gate, and then started to film the sequence where Billy gives the letter to maid who refuses to give it to Elizabeth. Myself and Miranda took turns in directing the shot and filming, we shared the work out equally and worked well together. The only problem we encountered when filming was as our location was public as people walked through the arch the camera would pick up their voices, this meant we had to keep stopping and starting filming to allow people to walk through. Although this slowed down filming slightly it allowed us to plan out all elements of the scene and make sure that it was all perfect. The rest of the filming went smoothly and we managed to finish all our filming at 2:30pm.
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
During our lunch break (1:15pm - 2:30pm) we filmed the sequence where Billy is walking to meet the maid and hands over the letter. The weather was really bright and warm which made filming conditions perfect to film in, we had no problems in finding a grassy pathway and fields to record in and we managed to record good quality footage in around forty five minutes. Me and Miranda took turns filming and directing, we worked well as a team and were well prepared for filming the sequence.
Wednesday 23rd March 2011
When looking back over our footage the previous day we found that the lens of the camera was dirty and had effected some of our shots, after talking through our options me and Miranda decided to re-shoot today so that our footage was all high quality.
Friday 25th March 2011
We arrived at our Sandwich location at 11:15pm with our actors Nicola Tee and Ash Coombs. We had created a list of shots we needed to get so we had no problems filming in the short amount of time we had. Myself and Miranda shared the job of filming, we each filmed a flashback scene each and took turns directing the shot.
Wednesday 27th April 2011
We arrived at Fishers gate ready and prepared to film our final shots and complete our film. Jess and Ash were in costume quickly and we had written out a shot list so we managed to complete the shots we needed very quickly, I filmed the first half of footage while while Miranda directed and then we swapped roles. Working as a team we managed to finish in less than an hour. The only major problem we had was the wind meaning we had to add on a voice-over onto our footage since you struggled to hear the actors voices over the top, although this wasn't ideal it was the best we could do without re-shooting.
