Filming

Wednesday 20th February:
I spent the day filming at two different locations; Elvaston Castle and Toton Sidings.
My main actor Ed came with me as did two friends who helped carry the equipment.

I changed the plot of my storyboard slightly as the weather had been bad for most of the week and the location was very muddy and wet making it difficult for the running scenes. Due to this I had to make the plot more of a mystery than a chase as I had limited time with the camera. We filmed in the morning at Elvaston Castle, shooting a range of shots as the character walked around the location, the idea behind this being that they were heading to a certain meeting place with someone as will be revealed later in the prequel. I kept the same shots that I had planned to use in my original storyboard so that I still had that variety and could make the most of the setting around my location. My two friends also had a small part as they walked past the camera so that it appeared there were people walking around the location we were on due to the fact we had chosen to go early in the morning hoping that it would be quieter and easier to film meaning there were less people around.

In the afternoon I filmed the rest of my shots involving Ed near and on Toton Sidings. I filmed what will be the main part to the sequence as he is given the prop of the envelope that will hopefully create a narrative enigma. We spent less time here as that was the main focus of the filming. I filmed him running as well as if in a hurry to get away from where he could be seen and emphasized this point with the way I filmed some shots to appear as though he was being followed and watched so as to keep in with the theme of it being a chase.


Saturday 23rd February:
I filmed at Toton Sidings.
This part I decided to add to my plot after deciding my filming on Wednesday needed another character to add a threat or more tension to the prequel.
One of the actors I had picked to be one of the antaganists in my original storyline came to act as the deliverer of the envelope and I filmed part of their journey to my main character so that I could add a different viewpoint and more POV shots for my main character.