Filming Day Evaluation- Thursday 14th of December (Rochester)
Last Thursday we filmed in Rochester. We filmed the meltdown and chase segment of our music video. It was a very successful trip. We got into Rochester train station for around 4pm and then walked to our first location, the Vines.
The Vines is a scenic park in Rochester with two paths running across each other in the middle of it. The paths are overshadowed by trees which line the sides of the paths unevenly but overall adds to its glamorous appearance. In the Vines we filmed the chase scene. Both myself and Paige (our actress) spent a considerable amount of time running up and down the park in different places and at different speeds whilst a Emily filmed a combination of shots. Previously to us filming, both myself and Emily had devised a collaborative verbal list of potential shots we could use when filming this scene. This preparation really helped us as we had more direction in what we needed to film. It also meant it didn’t take as long because we knew what needed to be filmed. The filming in the Vines was successful. We were able to get a broad selection of shots in a scenic place.
From the Vines we moved to the cobbled streets of Rochester. Similarly to the Vines, the cobbled streets were also very scenic. However with the streets we had more restriction of space which meant our shots were slightly limited however we was able to do more close ups and extreme close ups which will be effective to show emotion.
Our last location was on Rochester High Street. Rochester High Street filming was quite difficult. It was quite dark by this point which made the lighting situation very hard and the temperature had dropped so it was quite cold. Additionally, this was probably the most active bit of filming we had needed to do for the whole of our filming journey. It involved me running, being slapped and sitting on the floor having a meltdown. This was difficult because it was a bit hard to keep going when people were starring but we did manage. Additionally, whereas the other sections we had planned a lot for, we had done the minimal planning for this section meaning we had to do a lot of thinking on the spot. However, this worked very well for us because it meant we could look at what we had i.e. the lighting, the mise-en-scene of the high street, the space and be experimental which worked well in our favour.
Overall, our filming day to Rochester was successful.
The Vines is a scenic park in Rochester with two paths running across each other in the middle of it. The paths are overshadowed by trees which line the sides of the paths unevenly but overall adds to its glamorous appearance. In the Vines we filmed the chase scene. Both myself and Paige (our actress) spent a considerable amount of time running up and down the park in different places and at different speeds whilst a Emily filmed a combination of shots. Previously to us filming, both myself and Emily had devised a collaborative verbal list of potential shots we could use when filming this scene. This preparation really helped us as we had more direction in what we needed to film. It also meant it didn’t take as long because we knew what needed to be filmed. The filming in the Vines was successful. We were able to get a broad selection of shots in a scenic place.
From the Vines we moved to the cobbled streets of Rochester. Similarly to the Vines, the cobbled streets were also very scenic. However with the streets we had more restriction of space which meant our shots were slightly limited however we was able to do more close ups and extreme close ups which will be effective to show emotion.
Our last location was on Rochester High Street. Rochester High Street filming was quite difficult. It was quite dark by this point which made the lighting situation very hard and the temperature had dropped so it was quite cold. Additionally, this was probably the most active bit of filming we had needed to do for the whole of our filming journey. It involved me running, being slapped and sitting on the floor having a meltdown. This was difficult because it was a bit hard to keep going when people were starring but we did manage. Additionally, whereas the other sections we had planned a lot for, we had done the minimal planning for this section meaning we had to do a lot of thinking on the spot. However, this worked very well for us because it meant we could look at what we had i.e. the lighting, the mise-en-scene of the high street, the space and be experimental which worked well in our favour.
Overall, our filming day to Rochester was successful.
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