Saturday 29th of January - The Big Day!

So we now have a shoot date!

After our thorough practice shoot we managed to get some great shots and experiment with some very interesting camera angles. All of which will be taken into consideration come Saturday. We really feel that the practice shoot was invaluable to our production, as the practical experience in the field stimulated more planning and creative thought.

We are especially pleased with our costumes, that arrived in the nick of time. They are much better than we expected, creating a comic atmosphere, which in turn is reflected within the shots we recorded. We are also pleased with some discoveries we made during the practise shoot. These discoveries included using the sunlight to create a natural haze to our shots. We hope to imitate this on Saturday by filming at a similar time (1-3pm) when the sun is at the perfect position. Obviously, we cannot completely rely on the weather to come through for us and therefore we do have a back up plan. If the sun doesn't appear during our shoot then we will replicate the haze during editing.

On Saturday, we plan to shoot in Nowton Park, in the large open areas. As you will be able to see in my previous location post, Nowton Park provides an unbeatable compromise between convenience, features and the fact that it will be an unrecognisable location (promoting a professional look). We have also roped in an experienced actor (when it comes to media productions) in the form of Luke Pilkington-Amps, who has played the protagonist in no less than three productions. He will be joining Stan and myself (as we have also acted in media productions before) as the main characters. Stan and I will take responsibility for as much camerawork as possible (when we are not in front of the camera), as we will spending the majority of the time acting.

We have planned this shoot well and hope it will be a great success, providing us with some great shots and room to play with during post production. I will post on how the shoot goes after Saturday. I'm sure it will be successful.

Oli