Shooting the film

The first and original shoot took a 2 day span where I managed to get about 15 mins of un-edited footage, mainly due to the acting cast and trying to get the exact shot that I wanted to have. Once I edited this footage I had half of the film shot which came to about 3 mins, although this footage was not in order what so ever, e.g. some of the film was from the start whilst some of the footage was from the end. This meant that I couldn't really get a feel for the film when watched through at this stage.

I ended up having around about a week in total of days where I filmed and edited the film to complete the final product that you see.

Whilst shooting the film, I used the schools equipment for the majority of the shoot, so I rented out 1 video camera along with a tripod to get the perfect shots that I wanted. Although the majority of the filming was done using a tripod, some of it was done handheld to help set the scene, so an example would be when the two characters walk up a bridal path, the camera is carried and on record whilst walking to represent one of the characters viewpoint. The camera switches between the two characters to show both viewpoints of the situation.

Handheld was necessary in some cases but not all, for example long shots where done using a camera and tripod because I wouldn't want the camera shaking around the place loosing focus of characters who are at a distance.