All Filming diary parts

Filming Day 1
12:05- Scene 10
For my first time filming I opted to do the easiest and most cost effective shot first, which of course would be the legs dangling from the bench, the shot was aimed to be used closer to the end of the film rather than the start.
I completed the shot within 2 takes, the first time round the legs were not completely still, so I had to re-do it. Of course there was lots of talking, but I did not mind as there was only going to be non-diagetic sound included in my final piece.
The final shot was only around 15 seconds long.

4:00pm- Scene 1
I had decided to record my first scene at the end of the day, on Crawley bandstand. I had originally planned for a character wearing a triangular hat to walk slowly across the scene in which I would later speed up, But I later opted for a simpler method of filming a friend for around 5 minutes, just sitting in one place the whole time, I thought the outcome would be more effective as this would be the only person that remained on camera for the whole scene. I completed it in 1 take and have decided that I am going to do it in fast-motion played backwards, rather than just fast motion.


Filming Day 2
5:00pm- Scene 3
This was probably the most tricky shot to do as not only did I have to arrange a suitable time to visit a friends house, but I also had to purchase a pineapple. However, the shot ran quite smoothly, The Gecko that I used thankfully remained stationary and the only flaw which I later noticed was a shadow briefly moving across the shot, but I decided to not re-take it as it can always be edited out.
Filming Day 3
6:00pm- all remaining scenes
I had so far decided to leave out a few scenes, as I felt that my idea had taken a new path to the original one in mind. I was to no longer have the screaming crisp packet or the swiss roll, and I had to make a few changes to existing Ideas due to not having all needed props.
The first shot filmed during the time was Going to be a pirate, it had become quite dark at the time of filming so we had to find a suitably lit place, underneath a street lamp seemed to look the best on camera. This shot only took 2 takes and was completed with relative ease.
The shot of the clown hat I had planned was relatively disappointing as the make up I used could not really be seen in the light under which the actor was in. But I was happy with the way it was conveyed and decided to keep it, as the surrealism was still intact and the makeup was not really an important feature. I managed to do this in just 1 take and was relatively pleased with the end result.
The last scene I had to film was a jar of mayonnaise smashing, this had to be planned so that it could be tidied up relatively easily and not cause a disturbance to the public. It took 2 attempts to actually get the jar to break, but the camera managed to get it all in when it did happen so I was happy with the shot.

Editing Day 1
On this day I forgot to bring in my tape so I attempted to start work on background music for my film. I made a relatively simple tune using the piano on Garage band and put it on a constant loop, so it would carry on throughout my film, I thought the end result connected well with the intended atmosphere and would add further effect to the audiences perception.
Editing Day 2, 3, 4
In this time I admittedly worked rather slowly, I started to put my shots onto Imovie HD and begun editing them. I wanted to change around the arrangement of shots that were the original Idea, instead of having the whole of one shot played and then going on to the next one, I wanted all the shots to be played over and over, kind of like a 5 minute montage. I edited my first scene (The bandstand) and reversed it and sped it up, giving it a very good outcome. Since this is the longest shot I had taken it was going be the predominate part of my movie.
The next shot I worked with was the lizard on the pineapple, I cut this into several parts and placed each clip in random intervals of the bandstand scene, each one of the clips was only around 3 to 4 seconds long but worked well.
I was to do the same with all other shots that I had, other than the clown turning around I have decided to place that half way through in it’s entire form.
I am now very close to the completion of my video.