Our experience

December

We first planned to film in the opening part of the Christmas holiday, but this was not possible because of the weather conditions. However we were able to get out for some location scouting in early December. We then decided to film after Christmas but again the weather did not allow this. Also we already had other things planned for these remaining days that were not effected by the weather.

January

Finally, on the 5 of January we were able to go film. But we found that we did not bring a key prop which we needed for all shots, but one. So this showed us that shoots are not always successful. We are filming on the 6th and 7th January. I will update this blog once more filming is carried out.

We had a very successful day of filming on the 6/1/16. With most shots going well. Also we found are location was perfect for what we were trying to capture. My group will film the last quarter tomorrow. Editing will also be taking place tomorrow

We have now filmed on the 7/1/16 this was successful as we now have the training side of the opening. We found the location was not perfect ,but manageable as it did not seem like an appropriate gym environment. I feel we did get good shots in the end to create effective match cuts. We will be finishing the shoots soon, but so far it has been a positive experience.

We have been unable to film for a while as the weather has caused us problems. As the ground has not been wet, so between each shots the conditions would change underfoot. We also need to reshoot some shots as we found a lack in continuity between them. So next time we film we need to make sure we preview each shot before we shoot the next one so the actors are stood in the correct places in each shot so it flows smoothly.

We Filmed again on the 17th-20st we were able to get quiet a few sections of the opening done.

So now we only have a few more shots left to get for the very first scene. This will probably be done on the weekend of the 23th-24th as some of the members of my group are ill so are unable to go film between the 21st and the 23rd, also the weather is not quite similar enough to what it was in the other scenes. Overall the filming has been a bit shaky as we have needed several reshoots because of mistakes like forgetting the bag or have actors in different places between cuts. Although the shots we have done so far are exactly what we wanted, and we feel we have little change to make. As we have seen because we have done a few rough cuts to test these shots. We had then prepared to take February off.

March

Finally, in March we attempted to film on the 10th however this failed because of the weather, yet again. However we were able to film on the 12th and the 13th, because the whole group was available meaning we were able to do it. However at this point me and Tom were doing the gym scene on our own. On the 21st-22nd we tried to film, but on both days we had other arrangements, but luckily we were able to have our last day of filming on the 28th.