Because of issue of not being able to film at our originally intended location of the majority of our film we decided to change the location to somewhere that would be a lot easier to shoot at. There we took some draft shots of possible camera angles, movements and positions as well as still photos for the desired locations for the shots. The chosen location was St Margaret's Bay, which was far easier to shoot in due to it being fairly small and easily accessible to the public. Within the bay are some cliffs and a car park which were also possible filming locations and backgrounds. As it is separate from houses and roads it is quite and therefore becomes an ideal place for the storylines meeting to take place.
Rather than using the schools standard camcorder we chose to use our own which was my partners flip up video camera, mainly because it was light and very easy to use. It was also a great weight of our mind as we did not have to worry about any damage. It also meant we could film whenever we want to.
When we arrived at the location luckily for us the area was empty making it very easy to film and take photos as we did not have to worry about people getting in the way. The first thing we wanted to check was how well the sound came out on the camera as we were by the sea and it was fairly windy. This did end up becoming a problem but we did find a way around this by filming the shot and having the character with a voice recorder in their shirt pocket. This was a good idea as it meant that we did not have to record in a studio and spend ages timing it right. Another problem we had was because of the unstable ground the camera was quite shakey. But after these problems we did manage to get some draft shots. These included-
Long shot
Medium shot
Close-up, tracking
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