Summary of filming

Filming day one:

Our first day of filming was quite unsuccessful. The weather was quite drowsy which meant it was hard to film. The first time we filmed was in January therefore it was rather cold, and we had to film in costume designed for summer. However we did manage to get enough footage to make our rough cut, but it was short. In the end none of the footage from our first day of filming was used in our final cut. 

 

Filming day two:

 

We had a more successful filming day the second time round. We were able to get most of the shots for the scene where Rosie and Alice meet. Also the weather was a lot better which made our film look like it was summer time rather than winter.

 

Filming day three:

We filmed the journey part all in one go. It was a sunny therefore it made it a lot easier for us to film. We chosen a remote area to ensure we wouldn't get people constantly interfering with our filming. We now had enough footage for our final cut.

Filming day four:

 

After watching our first cut we decided to go and re-film some shots as they didn't look as good as we imagined and didn't portray the image we wanted. On our last day of filming we shot some more scenes that feature both Alice and Rosie.

Rough cut

This is our rough cut. It took longer than we expected to create our rough cut therefore it’s less than 80% finished. We forgot to unlink the audio in our rough cut, in our final video the only dialogue will be narration alongside music.

Our teacher as well as other class member gave us feedback on how to improve however it was hard for them to judge what our final edit would look like as it was under 80% finished. The key points to improve on was audio (add in the narration and music), titles (position them differently and add more actors) and change a scene.

Costumes featured

We did a lot of research into what costumes we should wear in our opening, as they needed to fit in with the decade we were trying to portray. To the left is Rosie, her costume consists of a cream blouse and black dress with her hair in a half up and down style. 

In the image to the right you can see our film’s main character Alice. She’s wearing denim like button up skirt with a vintage looking blouse which really ties in with the era our film is set in.

Both of the costumes were chosen as they portrayed the age of the characters, young teenagers from the 1960’s.

Props featured in our opening

For the most part of our opening sequence the only person to be visible is Alice riding her bike through country roads and paths. Alice’s bike is the only prop used in the opening. Luckily we had access to a bike that looked like it was from the 60’s, the era in which our film is set in.

Here’s an example of the bike used:

Final filming locations

When we initially decided on our film locations we didn't take into account how long it would take to get there with the equipment we needed to be able to film. For our rough cut we filmed at one location which can be seen below:

The problem with filming the whole of our opening in this area was there wasn’t enough pathway/road to film the journey part of our film. When we re-watched our rough cut we decided to go re-film the journey in a different location. We all agreed to keep location for the rest of our opening as we liked the look of the miniature field.

The new location we decided on for the journey is indicated in the image below by a pink line. This path was a lot longer than the previous one we used, also no street lights or cars were visible meaning it fit perfectly with the time period in which our film is set in. This location looks a lot better than what the previous one did in the rough cut.

Source: Google maps