Filming Day 1 - 23/11/2012

23rd November 2012: 1-5pm

Crew: Myself, Leon, Jen and Jacob

  On this day, Myself, Leon, Jen and Jacob attended to the shoot to film all of the park scenes. Hannah B and Luke couldn't be there as they had an editing seminar. We all met with the actress Fiona in town before making our way to the park.

  Initially, we planned to film at Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, however, the day of filming was quite sunny and I had concerns that it would be relatively busy, making it not only complex to film through having to ask permission to each and every parent, but I also envisaged the park to be quite dull and empty, in that Lola sees it to be amazing when in reality it is not. Because of this, I suggested we went to a smaller park about a 10 minute walk from town. In the end it seemed to work well.

Location:

Journey Made 

Original Journey Plan

  I think the first day of filming was very successful as the shot list I created helped us film efficiently in the time we had:

  Using the shot list, I went through the shots needed with the cinematographer Leon before filming, and checked I was happy with them after we had.

  I think that Fiona took direction very well. She acted just as I wanted her to and fulfilled the child-like role well. 

  I contacted the actress with a list of the kind of clothing Jen wanted her to wear before the shoot. She arrived wearing what I think Jen envisaged and I was happy with it.

  Problems that occurred on the shoot included the sound. It is hard because if I mentioned to the sound recordist that something needed to be recorded in a particular section of the shoot - for example, a car goes past in the background of the shot (something that would help avoid the use of foley), he would then spend his time recording the sound of every car that drove by. I think he may have mis-understood some of my direction, however, I do think that he should have used more initiative throughout the shoot.

  Overall, I was happy with most of the elements of the days filming and I think that we have some interesting shots to use in our piece. A particular section that I like is of Lola as she swings with the sun streaming through the crease of the houses behind her. It is an attractive shot and also helps distinguish the time of day to the viewer.

Me helping Leon to distinguish the focus when Lola swings into the frame.

Mise-en-scne