1st Day of filming

Our first scheduled day of filming was for Wednesday 17^th November. Unfortunately our actor let us down on the day and was unable to come and film. We had to postpone the filming date to Tuesday 23^rd November. This had set us back and we are now closer to the deadline which created a panic. We also had to use another actor which meant explaining the story line and he didn’t know if he was very good. As we arrived to our location and walked down the river to where the scene will be shot we realised that we had left a key prop in my car so I headed back to get it. As we arrived to the place where the scene will be shot for the second time we realised that we had left the guitar in my car, so once again headed back to my car. Another problem we faced was that it was so muddy walking along the river bank. We almost fell over and some of our props and costumes got a bit muddy. Following this the weather was dry but extremely cold. As we were shooting beside a large river it was very windy and the freezing conditions were almost unbearable to be in. Due to the cold weather our actor was almost freezing and appeared to be very rigid. When it came to the scene where I was in a nun suit playing guitar I had trouble moving my fingers to the pace of the song. It was so cold I could barely separate my fingers let alone perform a guitar solo. This will affect our final product but shouldn’t be a major issue. Another major problem we faced was that the tide was coming in and we started to loose areas which we needed to film down on the river. As there is a concrete slope in which the river rises up on I thought it would be a good location which I could smash the guitar on and swipe it through the water. Although I was warned not to I still decided to go ahead. I was purely thinking for the final outcome of our music video. Of course the obvious happened and I slipped on sea weed and fell in. despite the freezing cold conditions my legs were fairly warm. On the other hand I was still able to film a few more shots until the battery had run out on the camera, luckily at the end of our shooting.

Another problem we faced was the fact there were fisherman fishing beside us. They did not affect our video but it was slightly embarrassing and off putting smashing a guitar in a nun suit in front of them. We did not let this effect us and just thought of what our finished product will look like.

Despite our floors on our first day of shooting we did capture some very effective footage. We used the fact it was a very windy day to make our video better. By placing the camera in the long grass it looks very professional as it is a contrast from a close up of the grass and a large river in the background. Although it was freezing the windswept atmosphere turned out very well when we was smashing the guitar, and using a lot of deodorant we set the guitar on fire to create a Jimi Hendrix style of smashing up and destroying a guitar.

Our initial plans for this day would be to film the scene by the river and then head straight to the church so we could film the church scene. But due to a lack of time we will have to arrange another date for the shooting of the church scene.

-Brad Hart