Filming Diary Day 4

Today I filmed the field scene, in which the character is lip syncing to the music. There were a few issues I faced during filming, including:

Traveling Issues

• Due money and not wanting to lose too much light I decided it would be easier to the filming in my local field, Pinehill Field. This field gets less people walking through it than the one originally chosen in Luton, as it does not have a playground. Therefore I believe this was a better location in the end, and gave me some really nice shots to work with.
  

Weather

• Ideally, I wanted the weather to be sunny when I filmed. In the morning the sky was clear and the weather forecast was sunny, however once my actress (Katie) and I got to our location it was cloudly and extremely cold. As my actress was wearing a strapless dress during this section of filming, we could not film for more than an hour and a half due to the extreme cold.

• The field was also very muddy, which made it extremely difficult to do all the shots I had hoped to do (including the character spinning, running across the field, etc), therefore these had to be substituted with walking shots and shots of the character lip synching static. However, I was able to do most of the shots I had planned and was able to creatively use the focus on my video camera in order to keep Katie in focus in certain shots and the background blurry, making her stand out whilst lip synching. This, I believe, will look very good in the final product.

I may be able to go back to the field and film some more if I do not have enough footage, this will be decided whilst editing and any additional filming days I decide to add will be updated on future posts.