Filming of Indoor Scenes

We are planning to film the indoor scenes for the family orientated life of our short film tomorrow night. We hope to capture footage for the romantic meal scene, the sofa scene and the argument scene. We recently decided to incorporate an argument scene within our film because, as we were showing the negative sides of the successful life with Lucas stressed out at work and being alone, we felt it would be fair to connote the negative aspects of being in a relationship too.

All of these scenes are set inside and are being filmed at one of our houses so we have planned to film them all at the same time as it will be most convenient. We should not encounter any problems as we have planned out the shots we intend to capture and as we are filming inside the weather will not be a problem.

Analysis of weekend filming

We filmed part of our short film on Sunday, however we did not do as much as we had intended to. We filmed as planned up into 2pm; capturing footage for the train station scene, beach scene and dog walk scene, yet we did not film any of the other scenes due to members of our production team having other important commitments. Nevertheless, the weather was great so we managed to capture all the outdoor shots successfully. We knew our train station scene would be difficult, mainly for the fact it is our longest scene so includes a variety of shots, and is being filmed in a very public place. A couple of problems occurred at the train station, and therefore have decided that we may need to reshoot certain aspects at a later date. Our first problem was we had members of the public waving at our camera, which was enormously irritating, especially as it happened during the scene of Lucas getting onto the train. That scene was very difficult to film already due to the fact the trains did not come very often and we had to film quickly when they did come as we were worried about our actors getting trapped on the train. Another problem that arose was when planning this scene beforehand, we had developed the idea of a Lucas walking through a busy platform, however when we filmed, there was no one else on the train platform, so it destroyed the idea we had imagined before.  A further problem was when reviewing our footage, we noticed how the noise of the train overpowered our dialogue, therefore we are going to have dub our sound later.

Plans for filming this weekend

We are planning to film a large section of our short film this weekend. The table below indicates our schedule. We have checked the weather and for Sunday it is expected to be sunny, therefore that is why we have planned to get all our outdoor scenes done first. We have allocated the largest amount of time for the train station scene because that is the main part of our film and therefore will take the longest to film, especially as is a location where we may come across the most problems. Moreover, all of the footage we are planning to capture on Sunday are all scenes which portray the family orientated life. We are going to make sure we capture more footage then needed, so that way when we come to edit our film we will have a large selection to choose from.

Time	Scene	Characters Needed
8am – 12pm	Train station scene	Lucas and Grace
12pm- 1pm	Beach Scene	Lucas and Grace
1pm – 2pm	Dog walk scene	Lucas and Grace
2pm – 3pm	Romantic meal scene	Lucas and Grace
3pm – 4pm	Sofa scene	Lucas and Grace
4pm – 5pm	Argument scene	Lucas and Grace
5pm – 6pm	Opening the letter	Lucas and Grace
6pm – 7pm	Pub scene	Lucas and Grace

Re-cast of main protagonist

Due to our previous main actor being unreliable, we have had to re-cast. Nevertheless, we managed to find someone quickly which was good as we were already behind schedule. Our main character Lucas, is now being played by Sam Keep. We decided to use him because he is best friends with our other actor who is playing the role of Grace, therefore, they will have good on screen chemistry, thus helping to create verisimilitude.

Our new actor in the role of Lucas in the successful life

Our new actor in role of Lucas in the family orientated life.

Both of our actors.

Complications in Filming

We were scheduled to have finished capturing all of the footage for our short film over the Christmas holidays; however our main actor was unreliable and was unable to film on the arranged dates. Therefore, we have now decided to find another actor who will be suitable for the part and committed to our filming schedule as well.

We therefore need to reshoot all the previous scenes we had already captured as well as film the rest of our short film. Although this has set us behind schedule, we have everything planned out and hope to have the footage for our film all captured by the beginning of February 2011.

Dog Walk Scene Problems - Vlog

Filming Schedules and Long Term Plan

Below is our filming schedule for our short film and our long term plan for getting our film produced.

SCENE	DATE	TIME	ACTORS NEEDED
Dog Walk	Fri 3rd Dec	9-10 (period 1 and 2)	Jack & Aimee
Work/Office	Wed 8th Dec	Period 1 and 2	Jack
Mansion	Thurs 9th Dec	To be decided	Jack
Proposal	Mon 15th Dec	Period 1 and 2	Jack & Aimee
Normal House	Wed 15th Dec	Period 1 and 2	Jack & Aimee
Train Station	Mon 27th Dec	10am onwards	Jack & Aimee

Stage in production	Date to be completed by
Filming	27th Dec
Editing	24th Jan
Auxiliary tasks	18th Feb
Evaluation activities	18th March