First Day Of Filming....

The Problems of Film Making!

The day did not go specifically to plan due to rain. The early shots were to be taken outdoors, but the heavy rain prevented this, as i had borrowed the camera for the day, we could not delay the shoot.

I decided to shoot the indoor scenes first.
The indoor scenes proved a little difficult with the light. We had to make sure there was enough light on the tea making and to emphasis the red mug. So we needed to change the camera shot a little to get enough light.

The reading of the Ted Hughes poem took sometime. I realised it is difficult to read the poem out loud and get the right emotion from it. Maybe you really do need to have experienced a loss to be able to fully understand the poem.

The rain stopped so we went outside to film. By this time of day we had we had little time until it was dark. Though the darkness and dreariness of the day added to the dramatic impact of the cloudly gloomy atmosphere i was trying to create. It certainly all added to the mise-en-scene.
The problem was the balloon, Sephie was meant to look sad and let go of the balloon, and then i would take a shot of the balloon floating up into the sky - The balloon would not float up!!!

We tried it a few times, but this proved very difficult. (I even tried the next day, but the balloon would only run along the ground - until at last it rose into the air - but i missed most of it trying to film it!!!

Then came the walk down Elm Hill - I wanted a deserted road, but by this time 3.00 in the afternoon on a Saturday - this proved difficult. We almost achieved, but then a large person suddenly appeared and followed Sephie - Take 6!!!
Eventually we managed it.

Have to see what the day looks like on film now.