For filming on day 3 we filmed the first montage scene which is showing what life used to be like before the disease struck. All the shots are either filmed outside or in a house, which were for the intimate shots of the 2 protagonists. The shots we filmed were all less than 5 seconds long so we had to make sure that they showed what we wanted them too, because they were all relatively short shots it meant that they were quick to film so we were able to get everything shot that we wanted. Some of the shots we first filmed didn't look right and they were overexposed, this meant that we had to re-film some of the shots. Luckily we allowed time to re-shoot things incase we didn't like any of them or wanted to change them.
Day 4
On the 4th day we didn't have much left to film, on this day we were just filming the shots that we were still missing were a few shots in a park from the second montage and the shots of people looking scared and frightened. We started off at a house which was the location for the shots of people and as these were relatively quick shots to film it didn't take very long. Once we were happy with these shots we drove to a park that was near the house. We knew where in the park we wanted to film as we had already recede it, this meant that we didn't waste any time a got on with filming straight away. For the shots in the park we had to make sure that there were no people in the backs of the shots as we wouldn't have permission to film them.
We filmed at 9am in Tonbridge Park. It was a cold morning and we spent the first hour shooting for our montage - we filmed scenes of the skate park, the graphiti, the playground and swings. This was quite straightforward and we overshot in order to find the perfect shot in post production. The audio was also not a problem as it was being removed.
We then shot the skate shot, this was quite tricky and required the camera being leaned onto the grass bank, as Charlotte skateboarded past. We had to shoot this over and over again to get the right angle of skateboard. Our cast arrived and we shot the child sliding down the slide and the mothers acting. We had to overshoot this part as if the footage was wrong, it would result in an entire re-shoot (not just a partial reshoot, as the continuity had to be correct). We had difficulty in getting the child to slide down the slide, but other than this, the shooting day went very well.
We filmed in the kitchen / dining room of one of our casts' house. The building was not modern, and it was quite old, which helped create a dystopian future feel. We microwaved three ready-meals from Sainsbury's and laid them out onto the table, with cutlery. For this shot, if there were any continuity errors, we would have had to re-shoot the entire scene, and therefore, we decided to get as much footage as possible.
One problem we faced was that the child continued to laugh through the filming, this slowed things down, but we eventually managed to get a shot we were happy with. After this, the family put on a different jumper each and we filmed our "throwback" shot, which disappeared into the past. The colourful clothing that they were wearing and the difference in lighting was very effective in creating a flashback.
Another problem we faced was the lighting and the shadows that my body created when leaning over to grab the salt - we fixed this by having an iPhone light as the key light during the shot. This worked well.
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