Overview of the problems we have had with filming so far

We initially decided we were going to film the majority of our title sequence over the Christmas holiday, from 19th of December to the 4th of January, however we had to abandon this plan as filming was made nearly impossible due to the fact that the costume, make up and props had not arrived since it is a busy time of year, and even more so because of the fluctuating weather and the negative affect this would have on the continuity of our title sequence. There was also the problem of deciding on a day that we were all available to film, which wasn't possible as Sam Warren was visiting his family quite far away, James Scott, James Lawley and I were also meting different members of our family and friends due to it being a festive time of year.

Moreover, we rearranged our plan to film the majority of the first scene on the 9th of January, but again we were prevented as the weather was quite bad and did not match the weather we planned for our title sequence and it would have adverse affect on the setting by litter, and leaves blowing in front of the lens disrupting the flow of the shot. The high speed winds and rain would cause problems when trying to record audio and there was a possibility of the torrential rain covering the camera lens, obscuring the view of the characters in the shot, so we postponed filming until the 12th of January.

Successfully we managed to film from 6:45pm until 7:45pm  on the 12/1/15. It was successful because all the members of my group made it to the shoot, including the actors and we filmed the majority of the shots that we planned, as well as improvising and adding in a few more to maintain continuity throughout and removing shots that didn't look very good or aesthetically pleasing in practice, doing nothing to better the scene. However, it was somewhat unsuccessful since the boom microphone we wanted to use to record the audio was not compatible with the camera we are using and we had no other way, at the time, to record the dialogue between the two characters in our title sequence. Also, the context of the conversation between them is relevant and important to the films plot narrative, so we decided that it could not be cut out and we would film the dialogue shots of scene 1 the next night of filming.

We scheduled to film the end of scene 1 and at least up to the end of scene 3 on the 14/1/15 and the 15/1/15, but this was not possible as James Lawley was unavailable to film on the Wednesday and James Scott and Sam Warren could not film on the Thursday as they had an important mock examination to do on the Friday and so need this night to prepare and revise.

Again we rescheduled to film from between the 16th and 18th of January but the actors were unavailable as they had their own college studies to complete and did not have time to film.

Finally, we planned to film the unfinished scene 1 and to the end of scene 3 on the 26/1/15