First day of filming

 

First Day of Filming

 

 

Our first day of filming came with several unexpected challenges that caused us issues. Firstly our main character Rose (Shauna) who we were filming the scenes in her house didn't feel her best. We originally had to plan and try find another day where we could rearrange to film however later on in the day she felt better and lucky volunteered to film on the day as planned. Secondly we started to film some of our scenes for the opening scene in school with one of the characters called Tommy. However after trying to film a couple of scenes we found that Max (who we choose for the character) just lacked in acting experience which resulted in the shots looking weak. Thankfully we found another actor called Jacob who agreed to play the role and we were able to use him for the character instead which made the shots a lot better than before.

 

After sorting out these original issues we set off for Shauna's house to film. We had to bare in mind our risk assessment as carrying the filming equipment safely to Shauna's was one of our risks. However after taking care we arrived at Shauna's to film. We filmed lots of different shots of Shauna getting up including a long shot of Shauna's dog jumping on her to wake her up. This proved difficult initially because the dog just wanted to lay down and be stroked, although after playing with her toys she became excited and filming the shot was not an issue. This part of filming was also very important because we could portray a stereotypical female girl by filming in the house because we were able to film shots such as Shauna putting make up on and choosing clothes from her wardrobe. These aspects portrayed the character as self centred and concerned about her appearance which was essential to film, we also saw similar conventions in Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging.

 

After leaving Shauna's house we had filmed lots of vital footage needed for our film opening so we were happy with our first day of filming, although we will have more to film tomorrow and next week.