10 MInute film first shoot

We have a must clearer picture of the script now and the part that we are going to definately keep is the scene at the park so we have used this downtime to shoot that part and get it out of the way. I got a copy of the shot list from the director and then used this to storyboard every shot at the park in the same was I storyboarded the two minute film. We turned up on set and got started almost right away moving chronoligically down the shot list and then experimenting with a few different shots on the day because the lighting from the sun was so good that day that we got some really nice silhouettes and long shots.This film was hard to make at times because I had to get quite hands on around the swing to get a wide variety of shots, a hightlight of this is being stood on the swing next to the protagonist and filming them swinging back and forth from a slightly high angle (It becomes level with the actress as she swings backwards) We also got a shot from on the roundabout to cut between when using flashbacks and I found that this was a really nice shot as the depth of field was so small the background seemed to spiral so quickly behind the actress and created a sense her not being able to see what is going on around her, ended up working well as a metaphor. This shoot will make up quite a big part of our ten minute film and was effortless to shoot in the end as everything went according to plan and we even had time at the end to experiment with a few ideas and get a few random shots that we could choose to include or not include. Once again the actress was very helpful and patient with us which really helps us to get exactly what we want from every shoot that we do. We now have to finish off doing the script for this film and get the rest of the film shot but it is nice to have a big chunk of it done and out of the way.