On our first day, as a group we decided that it would be best to film during PSHE were everyone in the whole school does this subject and therefore can get away of getting out of this subject, so we thought that if our form tutors gave us permission it would be best to film at that specific time. As time was running low we had to speed up as the school bell was about to ring at 10:00am however it took longer than expected so as the bell rang we had to delay for a bit and wait for all students to change and settle on to their next classrooms. After we had finished filming scene 2, we realised that in one shot the door was closed and in another the door was open which created a big continuity error therefore we thought it would be best to re-shoot and film after school instead.
On the second day throughout our process of the filming we arrived at the location of were scene 2 was due to take place. As we were about to get everything ready we realised that one of the group members, Sade, wasn’t here as she was in a different school and there was no way of her getting here unless someone had gone to pick her up, therefore we discussed that it would be best if another member of our group called, Casey, would drive and pick Sade up whilst myself and Kelly set up the camera equipment and start with the filming process.
On our third day we thought it would be best to film scene 9 which was the car scene, we encountered a few problems such as getting the car framing right as Casey had to get into the precise shot so that the car doesn’t either get completely out of the shot or hasn’t even arrived at the shot of which the camera was framed originally at. Another problem that we encountered was when teachers were leaving for home, and so the part we were filming was the road which teachers needed to use to get home and therefore we had to wait for every time teachers who had to use the road.
We also thought that on the third day it would be best to film scene 6 as we had both actors available to film during that day. However once we were filming, we had many disruptions due to the fact that there were people in the background who were deliberately making silly noises and also having other people keeping walking in and out of shots therefore we thought it would best to pack up and film another day and re-film this one another day but we could also use some shots if they came out good.
After we had finished filming that scene and once we had captured it on the computer we realised that it was recorded in an incorrect format, it was meant to be shot on a 16:9 wide – screen this was due to the fact that because the camera had ran out of battery, and after inserting new batteries into the camera, the camera then re-formats itself and therefore we didn’t realised that we had to change the format again manually. So we decided that we have to film this scene again but we thought we might as well leave it near the end as we only need one of the characters for this process and so it shouldn’t be any problem when filming later on.
These photos were throughout the process of filming scene 6:
These photos were throughout the process of filming scene 6:
On our fifth day of filming we decided to film the football scenes 4 and 7 during period 5, this was because we knew that most boys wouldn’t want to stay after school and do this therefore we thought it would be best to do during the school hours, as a group we discussed that instead of it being a ‘real’ football match, we decided to make it in to a training match instead. The reason for changing this to a training match was because firstly we only had one colour football outfit, secondly the boys didn’t have any football boots and therefore only played with their socks on and thirdly we didn’t actually have enough boys to play the football match. After we had already spoken to the P.E. teachers about borrowing football shirts for the day we were going to film we had to actually find some boys, most boys said no due to the fact that they had exam practice and coursework to do. After searching for a good ten minutes we finally found some boys in the common room who were willing to do it.
On the sixth day of filming we decided to do scene 5 and 10, this was quite a difficult one as it involved quite a lot of characters and speech, and again some of the characters that we needed had coursework to do so we had to speed up a bit and finish it as soon as possible. In this scene we had to make sure that the characters who were going to beat up Ashley were wearing the same football outfits as they were in the previous football scenes. Ashley gets a hard hit on his face by a football so we also had to make sure if he was alright and if it hurt or not. However Ashley said that it was ok to get a hard shot on to his face as it gives more of a realistic expression. This scene went according to plan and we luckily didn’t have to re-shoot this again. Before the football scene we decided to do the last scene with Ashley and James, this wasn’t much of an issue as there were only a couple of lines being exchanged between the two of the characters and it only took around ten minutes to film however we did have one interruption which was when one student had to use the pathway that we were blocking therefore we had to stop filming for a couple of minutes. After we had captured scene 10 we realised that there were sound issues and the framing wasn’t right therefore we decided to re-shoot this film at the very last.
On the seventh day of filming we decided to re-film scenes 1 and 9, the reason why we had to re-shoot this part of our film was due to sound issues, the framing wasn’t right, the format was yet again not on a 16:9 wide-screen and therefore we had no other choice but to film again, when we filmed scene 1 again we discussed that it would be best to do it in the girls toilet this time, this time we had much more space and no silly water urinal background noises playing up. This scene went according to plan and as a result it was a good outcome.
After having only scenes 3 and 10 to do we made a group discussion about scene 3 because since it again involved a lot of characters plus we needed to get this done as soon as possible we decided that there was actually no point in having this scene as we saw that scene 2 and 4 flow well together. The reason why we wanted to scrap this idea is because throughout this short film we have already established each character such as James being a good football player, Ashley being beaten up - not being liked by anyone and finally Roxanne being the ‘annoying girlfriend’ who we want the audience to take a dislike on her. One of the other main reasons of not filming this part Is due to the weather conditions, the last scenes we actually filmed were scenes 5 and 10 and since then it had been raining continuously and therefore we had to cancel filming every time.
On our last day of filming we only had scene 10 to do which consisted of two characters, we also had to delay this scene quite a bit due to weather conditions, we had to delay this for at least week and half this was because we had to film this scene in the field and because of the wet weather, the grass was very slippery and muddy and therefore we did not want to put the camera equipment at risk and in case if it causes any damage. We finally fixed another day to film this, it was still raining in the morning but we decided if the raining stopped then we would carry on filming it during lunch time between 1:20pm-2:15pm. Although the grass was still wet and muddy we decided as a group that we need to get this done and so we did, we did not encounter any problems and as a result it came out as a successful outcome.
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