Meeting 5

Members present: Ciara Walton, Lewis Robinson and Bethany Reilly
Actors present: Ciara Walton and Lewis Robinson
Directors present: Bethany Reilly, Ciara Walton and Lewis Robinson
On the first day of filming we decided to take a few promo shots with the digital camera of our characters together, to develop a better chemistry and also to help us get into character before filming our first draft. We used various different locations to take these images, which also helped with what locations we would use for our first draft filming.

The outcome of this activity highlighted the necessities and main aspects of our trailer that we needed to think about - taking these photographs helped us to develop better characters, establish a better relationship and chemistry and also helped us decide upon our final locations that we would use.

We used a simple digital camera to take these photographs as we had established that these photographs were only promo shots and we didn't rely on the fact that we would definatley use them; although the quality of the photographs were very good, we came to the conclusion that for our final poster and magazine cover we wanted better quality images, therefore we decided that we would use my DSLR Canon EOS1000D camera to take the photographs, to make sure we would get the best photos that we possibly could.

We used four different locations so to make sure that we were completley positive in our final location choices, these included - a huge oak tree; we wanted to create a significant place that had a childhood aspect to it and we felt a huge oak tree could be the foundation for the relationship that we wanted to be present in our trailer, an empty field; we felt that a simple field could be a perfect location, juxtaposing the delicate and complex relationship of our characters, a small pond; we experimented with this location simply because it was a very beautiful and delicate location and created a background for our characters, however we did feel that it could be to 'crowded' with all of the scenery, and finally the woods; we thought about using a slightly less romantic location but as we worked around it and experimented with different shots we felt the location was far to juxtaposed for our storyline.
We experimented with different angles and shots when taking these photographs, including the standard close-up portrait shot; doing this allowed us to gain an understanding of what angles and what techniques qould produce the best shots for our final images.

Equipment used: Digital Camera
Techniques and shots used: Close-up, portrait, depth-of-field
Time taken: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Shots taken: 45