Start of our filming!

Yesterday, we began our filming by shooting the shots that are in the 'dream sequence' of the video. Our main difficulty throughout the day was the massive amount of fog that followed us around for the entire day! The fog was so thick that we had to postpone filming until the very end of the afternoon, by then it had cleared slightly but not that much! However we still went ahead and filmed just to see what the shots looked like, and they turned out looking alright! The shots were clear and you could see all of the action happening in the shots, so we decided to keep them. If we decide to re-shoot these specific shots then we will do so after shooting the main bulk of our footage on monday.

The first two shots are the shots that involve our two main characters, Max and Amber, spinning round holding the camera.

 We thought that this created a state of euphoric happiness and also made the dream sequence very cliche and cheesy, which is the sort of romantic attatchments that happen in a dream! We wanted these few shots to be as cheesy as possible! We also felt like the fog and the mist surrounding the shots makes the shot look 'dreamlike' and unrealistic because of the haze on the screen. We are also planning on editing this shot on final cut, to give it a more dream-like feel. I want to blur the edges of the shot so it looks like Max is projecting it into a dream thought-bubble. This will make it stand out from the rest of the footage because the audience will know that these few shots are in a dream.







The next shot that we did was of Max and Amber taking a picture of themselves. We struggled with the timing of this shot and carla suggested that we shoot a bit more than we actually need and then when it comes to the editing process we can chop off the bits that we don't need, as long as we get them taking a picture of themselves. We made them do very cheesy smiling faces as if they're in love! So cringey!

Looking at this picture I think we might edit the shot so that it looks brighter and happier, to reflect the moods of the characters!

The last shot that we did was the shot where Max and Amber were meant to be at a picnic. However, we realised that as the day was quite overcast and foggy we couldn't really have the pair having a picnic as it wouldn't reflect the settings or the weather. We were a bit stuck for something to include in the shot, and the we spotted the leaves! As trees and leaves are a recurring theme throughout our entire project, digipak, magazine advert and video, we decided to incorporate the leaves. We had Max and Amber shoot about fifteen seconds of throwing leaves up and jumping and laughing in them. We also recognised this as very cliche and cheesy, so thought that it was perfect for the dream sequence shots! We also decided to move it to slow motion so that the cheesy factor was emphasised even more! It also shows a new editing technique for us within final cut, which we can incorporate into our video.

So that concludes the post on yesterdays filming! we're filming the rest of our footage on monday so we're in preparation for that. At the moment we're focused on our magazine advert and didgipak research as we need to really get into the research and planning involved with that.

More to follow :)