Official Filming 1

I filmed today between 10 am and roughly 7.40 pm in the rain with Patrycja's help holding the umbrella for the camera. It was very exciting, I felt like a professional camera woman! Members of the general public were smiling and looking at us, some spoke to us and asked what we were filming. That did get a bit annoying though as people seemed to try and stay on camera, even when we were taking shots of different crowds. We did politely wait for people to leave our cameras view, to get a duplicate of angle, position and type of shot for Patrycja to edit and overlap. At some points, the camera positioning did get quite cramped as I crouched down, trying not to get myself or the camera wet, holding position, making sure the camera was steady, was level via the spirit level

on the camera, that it didn't change position - so I could duplicate the shot successfully and I checked each shot individually to make sure the continuity flowed.
The only problem was that, although I had charged the camera to it's full capacity, it refused to hold out for longer than 2 hours! Thankfully I had thought this may happen and new of shops and cafe's to charge the camera. I was constantly checking on the daylight change and wanted to get slightly contrasting light to help with the clock shots. This was a repetitive process forcing us to quicken the pace of filming. It became very energy demanding rushing from shot to shot but it was so worth it!

I'm happy that the weather continuity stayed the same throughout. It was an overall successful day today and we have over 100 shots! I'm so thankful for making the filming plan as it really helped! I'm also really thankful for the story board, planning is so essential for success!

Looking forward to filming with the actors tomorrow!