Week 8, Part 2 - First day of filming

Hi,

Yesterday we had our first filming day. We got there (our first filming location, Sun'E'Side restaurant in Merrimac) around ten in the morning to start setting up. It didn't take as long as I thought it would, but I will admit I wasn't very helpful in the setting up of shots. Mike and Conrad knew exactly how to set the lights and the camera up, so it happened really fast.

First we filmed shots of Kylie's dad playing the 'Scruffy Man' as he wasn't available all day. Then we filmed the bulk of the film from a long shot, then moved the camera and did it again with a mid shot. This is going to be really good when we cut it all together, us being able to cut between the two shots. The mid shot we filmed with two cameras, one focusing on each character.

We filmed a variety of other shots, some focusing on audio especially so we can have it in the background while the protagonist is eating with his date.

For most of the day I was writing down the shot log, keeping track of what shots were being taken and the time code for them. My hand writing is a bit messy so I want to get it all typed up and organised this weekend before I forget what I wrote! It's going to be a massive help when we're editing, so we know what shots are good and what ones to ditch.

We had about an hour break, and still managed to be all packed up and gone by 4:30 pm. It took the whole day, but some how didn't take as long as I expected. Everything ran really smoothly, and our actors (Kirsty Macleod and Grant Grierson) did a really amazing job!

Josh said we would all hate each other by the end of the day but that hasn't happened yet....we still have another day of filming though! On Monday Rotten Apple and Grant are coming to my apartment to film the opening sequence in my bedroom, then we're going to head to the uni and film the bathroom scene. It's going to be hard doing this as Grant is supposed to throw up coins, and we still haven't really figured out the logistics of it yet. We were hoping to use the green screen at uni but I don't we'll be able to. I wonder how Rupert Grint threw up slugs in the Harry Potter?

Well that was the first filming day, and it went better than I could have imagined.

The end.