Diary of a day shooting

The scene I designed for my film opening was set in the early morning, therefore time constraints limited hours in which ideal natural 'golden light' would be available, a close eye had to be kept on the weather forecast, and I scheduled my filming days based around this. I attended a workshop at the BFI where Dexter Fletcher advised that as a director you must always film when you are scheduled to, no matter what the circumstances or weather may be. I conformed to this rule strictly, and it worked in my benefit, as the whole shoot was completed comfortable under five hours.

I have some issues with the footage, one being that my actor isn't wearing shoes, which I didn't realise until I looked at the footage, and he had gone home. Also we had a slight technical difficulty with the 'blood', which is a not-so-convincing mixture of ketchup and blueberry juice.

As the footage was recorded on a camcorder, edited in iMovie on a MacBook, and posted on YouTube on a PC, despite 1080HD quality, the screen sizes have altered the quality of my diary footage so far, although it is crystal clear on the iMovie format. I'm going to add a 16:9 aspect ratio and perhaps a frame to ensure no parts are cut out of frame in my final piece, as I worked extremely hard to ensure all shots were perfectly in frame whilst recording practically, and I don't want those efforts to go to waste as a result of silly post-production mistakes.

I have twenty minutes of footage total, three of which is extra to prove I prepared beforehand, this is attached in the video diary above.

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