Blog post number 12: Production Diary

Week 1 - This was the original date that we were meant to film our original video at my house. However, we could not get hold of Emma (our main actress) or Carly (actress) so we were only able to shoot minimal shots, the ones that none of them were in, this was very hard as Emma was our main character.

Week 2 - We were unable to film at my house as Carly and Emma were unable to sort transport.

Week 3 - Liv, Emma and I went to Carly's house in Gresford to film, we managed to get about three quarters of the filming done over a 2 hour period.

Week 4 - Emma, our main character dropped out of college but agreed to finish the film, so her and Carly came to my house to finish the filming we were meant to do in Week 1 but couldn't because we were unable to get in contact with them.

Week 5 - We started editing our footage in the editing suite.

Week 6 - We edited a significant amount of our film.

Week 7 - Our teacher told us we'd have to change our film because of poor acting and lack of variety in camera shots, so we came up with a new storyline, we made a new shot list and a new storyboard.

Week 8 - I went to Liv's house in Rossett to film all the shots that I was in, this took just over an hour.

Week 8 - Liv and Kessiah went to Hayley's house and used her garden to film all the shots that Kessiah, Hayley and Harrison were in, this took just over an hour and a half.

Week 9 - Liv, Carly and I started to edit our new footage in the editing suite.

Week 9 - We continued with our editing all week, including trimming down clips and putting in the titles. As we had no sound, I needed to record a voiceover for my character the drug dealer. I then edited that into the final piece, and inserted all the audio effects and video transitions.