Meeting 6

Members present: Lewis Robinson, Ciara Walton and Bethany Reilly
Actors present: Ciara Walton and Lewis Robinson
Directors present: Bethany Reilly, Lewis Robinson and Ciara Walton
We started filming our first draft on the same day that we did our promo shots as we didnt want to waste the time we had just spent building characters and chemistry together; we chose two different locations, both outside with a scenic background - the oak tree that we used during our promo photo shoot as it provided a significant and childlike aspect to it and then another more isolate location still including an oak tree to keep the childlike atmosphere.
The beginning clips were of me and Lewis walking in from behind either side of the camera and holding hands, walking into the distance. We felt that this provided a scenic and peaceful beginning to our trailer and could be used to establish the relationship of the girl and boy to the audience. We had to do two takes of this shot as Lewis accidentally slipped over during filming, however the second take ran smoothly and there was no need for us to re-shoot it a third time. The main filming started when we filmed an argument between the two characters; we used an establishing shot of Lewis to start and then what came was a series of shot/reverse shots between the two characters arguing and hugging. We had a scripted section of dialogue but as a director, Beth told us to loosen up and go with the flow and from that we improvised certain parts of the scenes and bounced of each other within takes, creating a more believable situation. We filmed the actors hugging as we wanted to establish the fact that they were being re-united, so to say, we then juxtaposed with an argument to show the dynamics of their relationship. As me and Lewis were the directors as well as Actors, we felt it was difficult to do both to a major extent so we left the major directing aspects to Beth and then we pitched in after we watched some of the footage back - this helped us develop better relationships as a group and to also establish to one another the certain things we liked and certain things we didnt. It also helped that we were directing ourselves as we knew what we wanted and how to achieve it. We then finished filming for the day with a tracking shot of Lewis walking away from the scene; establishing that he was unhappy with my character and foreshadowing that something more was to come of the story, hoping to keep the audience engaged within the trailer/film.
Equipment used: Camcorder and Tripod
Shots and techniques used: tracking shot, establishing shot, close-up, over-the-shoulder, shot/reverse shot and hand-held
Time Taken: 3 hours in total