First day of filming 12/1/15

After all the problems we have had over the last three weeks we finally started filming and finished the first scene of our title sequence last night. We met up with each other and our actors at the decided location around 6:30 and after informing them on the roles they would be playing, we started filming at 6:45. Adam Ledger is acting as our antagonist, which he fits perfectly as he is taller than than the other two actors making him seem threatening, imposing and superior in comparison to everyone else that will appear on screen. Zak Almond Riley is acting as Max, our victim, because we believe his personally matches that of the character he is playing, being likeable, humorous and non threatening, these traits match the character well.George Craven was acting as Max's friend, James, and was only needed for a few shots in the first scene, so will not be with us for the rest of the time we are filming. James's role is to help Max feel like a valued and memorable person, due to him being an old friend of James and presents teen like behaviour making him more relateable to the audience.

The filming when quite well, although there were a few problems with the boom mic as it didn't fit the make of the camera we were using. We only need a mic to record dialogue in the first scene when George and James have a brief conversation but there was too much background noise of cars driving passed as it was rush hour at the time, and so we must film a few shots of the scene again by creating a make shift lapel microphone by taping a earphones with a microphone receiver to Zak and George's clothing. The problem wasn't the traffic as this fit the atmosphere well but it was the fact that were unable to record audio which was the problem.

We brought a trolley for a tracking shot in the next scene but did't make it that far in the title sequence as we took several takes of the same shot to make sure it was good as we could make it, which took up a lot of our time whilst also adding in some new shots that are not present in the shot list in order to show our improvisation skill and make it look more professional.

We finished our first night of filming at 7:45.