MUSIC REQUESTS: update

Still having not heard any responses regarding our permission to use John Mayer's song Say, I have resulted in tweeting him this notes screenshot I wrote a couple of times a day in hope that he will see it and respond...fingers crossed:

FILMING: Day 3

Today we filmed the scenes of which our two main characters meet for the first time along Marlborough High Street. We filmed during a midday today (Wednesday)  as we thought the street would be less busy, yet no so busy that it looked like nobody was about. Making sure that it wasn't so busy meant that we would have better access to our locations.

We filmed outside Costa Coffee (above) where the two characters first see each other and down the high street outside of the café (below) where Chrissy watches him leaving and blurring into the bustling street.

It went very well as the weather was good and not raining, which meant we had a range of weathers for our trailers which add to the effect that the film is set over a long period of time. We are now continuing to edit our trailer, and only have the hospital and home scenes left to film.

FILMING: Day 2

Yesterday we did some more filming for our film trailer. We reshot some of the shots of Chrissy walking down the street, this time making sure it was lighter while filming as our other shots had appeared too dark. We also filmed Chrissy and our male protagonist (played by Luke) having an argument in the car before they are going out.

Here is a photo of myself (left) and Chrissy (right) standing with the tripod,  just before shooting the street scene.

 

We also filmed the argument in the car scene, where we used a hose to replicate rain on the windows and torches to mimic car headlights driving past the stationary car.

As you can see we set up one of Scarlet's parents cars with the headlights on so we could light the other car and give it the effect that it was parked by a busy road.

We used a hose on the front windscreen of the car to make it look like its raining.

This is the car we filmed Chrissy and Luke in and me looking very happy to be shooting today.

Here you can see me filming from the boot of the car in order to get the right camera angles and not only being able to see Chrissy and Luke but also see the rain at the front of the car. We also tried some shots from each front window, focusing on the actors facial expressions.

MUSIC REQUESTS: Update

After researching more of our music opinions and the likely hood of getting a response to a record label we have decided, instead of merging a number of songs together we have decided to just stick with one: 'Say' by John Mayer. We feel this fits best with our trailer and the moods/emotions we're trying to portray and get our audience to feel. We are continuing to research and try to get in contact with Mayer and his record label: Columbia.

FILMING: Day 1

Today we began shooting the first shots of our trailer with our actress Chrissy.

The weather wasn't great and we had to plan our shots well due to the time of year and how it gets dark early. Despite the conditions we managed to film everything we wanted to in the time we had and that the actually rain helped with the atmosphere and tone we wanted to portray from these shots. 

This is a list of the following scenes which we filmed today:

• Train scenes
• Street scene
• Bathroom scene 
• Packing scene
• Old photograph scene (tears)
• Emotional bedroom scenes (crying)
• Piano music

Here are some photos we took while shooting...

First of all we filmed at Pewsey train station. We shot these first as we knew that it would get dark quickly and we wanted it to be slightly dark but not too dark as we have less lighting than we do on any other locations. It was really wet but that didn't put us off, it only added to the excitement and laughter of filming! Here you can some photos I have taken of the location and of Scarlet filming close ups of Chrissy.

 Next we filmed some of the street scenes, which were extremely dark by this point. Some of the shots came out well however we may have to reshoot some scenes earlier in the day if the final quality.

However we got some great shots of Chrissy running in the puddles, with the reflection of the streetlight on the floor. Below you can see some pictures I took of the location and of Scarlet setting the tripod up with Chrissy keeping dry for the shoot.

  Next we were back in the dry, filming shots of Chrissy packing her bags which we shot from Scarlet's bedroom. We experimented more with angles for this shot as we had more time and didn't have to worry about the weather and the effect that would have on the equipment. Here are some photos I took of Chrissy in action while Scarlet is looking at the scene from a sideshot.

 Finally these photos shows the scene in which we filmed the bathroom where Chrissy had to swipe everything off the sink in frustration.

 

Bring on Day 2!!

MUSIC REQUESTS:

Here is a screenshot of one of the emails we have sent to varies record labels to try and get permission to use one of their songs. This particular screenshot is for the song Fix You.