First Shoot - Reverse Idea.

Today we filmed our first bit of footage. We first decided what kind of props we would want to use, and how we would all make them fit within the narrative. We have gone with the idea of a romance, connecting the flower to give to the girl, which was done in our first location in the SU.

We asked permission from the manager in the Cafe upstairs on the second floor, and as we didnt have a release form, we got his signature to confirm we were allowed to film in there. Firstly, we decided what roles we would be doing in the team.

• Dre - Main Actor/Director
• Hayley - Camera Op 2/Director/Runner/Safety Advisor 
• Billy - Camera Op 1/Director
• Liv - Actor 2/Director/Runner/Safety Advisor

We then did a practice run, just for safety reasons to make sure that Dre was aware of his surroundings when he was walking down the stairs backwards. Billy used the Fig-Rig to steady the camera, and we also guided him down and around as well, giving direction and making sure everything was steady. Then we decided to give it a go and see how it would look. We wanted to keep a long shot piece as much as possible, whilst also making it one shot. We made stop points where we would pause and start again after we discussed as a group which direction we wanted to go down and what props we would use in between. 

So we started in the SU, the girl passes the rose over to the boy, the boy gets up backwards and walks towards the stairs, leading round and down outside. From outside he walks down the road, where he is pealing off petals from the rose, and places it in his back pocket, to which he takes off his jacket. He is then handed a water bottle, which he pours over himself, drinks and then throws to the ground. Continuing on he spins around, walking between cars, and people and looks across the canal to which he then walks down to and looks across the water. 

This will all be played in reverse, which is the key element for the other group editing to make, other wise it really wont make much sense! 

On monday, it will be our second shoot day, and were going to shoot in the afternoon, to when it starts to get dark, just add more exciting and interesting elements to the sequence. Props wise, i think were going to include things such as sparklers, and get some other people to be involved in the shoot who can pass dre some more things to play with. 

This will then make the sequence go from dark to light, which i think will look really interesting. The most important thing for us is to make sure that it all kind of sticks to the original narrative we created, so it makes sense when it comes to the other group editing the piece.