Diary Entry: 28th September

Today me and Lauren went to film the opening of the product after school. We originally was going to film at The Lady Bridge in town however once we arrived with our main girl for the production another idea sparked. We felt the location was too busy and is a long walk to the restaurant, instead there was a lane next to the bridge which was intimate but had a nice scenery for the walk as it overlooked a lake, we both felt this location would be more appropriate  At this location the protagonist had to walk down the lane and sit on the bench. To do this we used a dolly to track the walk so it flowed well and we would edit the shots to make the walking faster and not long winded. 

We then came up with the idea to have her sit and imagine her lover was beside her. This was done by showing her sitting on her own and  turning to see no-one next to her then as she turns again he is there but disappears as her hand caresses his imaginary figure. A range of shots would be used at this bit which include a shot reverse shot, over the shoulder, and a range of framing's. A shot reverse shot would be used between the two however the images would be superimposed so that the main guy; Harry would dissapear from the shot implying to the audience that he is not really there. Due to this change we quickly informed our antagonist and asked if he could join us today to film, thankfully he agreed and met us soon as possible to shoot the areas that he was in. 

This shooting was done several times in order to have enough footage to edit from. Below is an image of our main protagonist infront of the set that is being used for the opening.

Author: Kiran Paul