Production Diary

28th September - We discussed the locations we needed for each shot and kept in mind the advantages and disadvantages of filming in each place so that we wont have any problems when we start filming. We chose to film the waking up scenes in one of our houses since we would'nt have a problem if any shots needed to be re-done. We used the bedrooms and bathrooms for when both they wake up to show their lives and makes it look more realistic rather then a fantasy. We chose also to film in trafalgar sqaure and the park since they are seen as a very romantic and calm place were a couple would normally go to spend time together. Also trafalgar square is seen as an icon of London so it could also establish the location. We agreed to film in a school classroom since it makes it more realistic and our target audience can also relate to themselves. Also it represents that they are all normal teenage students attracting the same age group.

29th September - We needed a few props for our film so we made sure we had everything and ready to go so that we could start filming straight away.

13th October - We started off by filming in school since the school shots were most important to show our film was a comedy. A problem we had was making sure we didnt do any mistakes since we had alot of background people and the slightest mistake could mean we have to re-do all the shots. We also had to choose reliable people that we knew in any case we needed to repeat we'd be able to find them. Furthermore we had to make sure the sound was good enough for when we start editing later. The shots in school went smoothly and we were all impressed by the standard of our work.

15th October - We went to my house to film the first scenes of our film which were the waking up and getting ready scene's for both the male and female character. We started by practising a few times to make it come out right. After practising a few times we filmed the shots required from different angles so that we had more options to choose from. We had a few problems were people would walk past the camera and in one of the mirror shots the person filming could show in the reflection in the mirror however this wasnt a problem since we re-took the same shot many times. By the end we were all impressed with our footage.

17th October - We all agreed the day before to meet up in the morning so we could shoot the scenes we needed in trafalgar square. At first we were worried that we were'nt able to film at that location since it was a public attraction, however we asked a police man over there and he agreed to let us film our required shots. Yet again we made sure we repeated each shot to save us any hastle later with one shot turning out wrong. While we were coming back on the train we had an idea to film since it would make the film a bit longer and also suited with the romantic theme we wanted to show. So we took a few shots of both characters in the train. Also we looked for other locations around the area to suit with our film, such as dancing in front of the london eye and walking in the park.

23rd October - We captured all our footage on to the laptop to we could start editing straight away.

24th October - We started editing everything so that everything was in order so we could add the transitions. We had a few difficulties such as the split screening coming into the screen.

10th November - We had finished filming and captured all our footage, however after we watched the film we realised we needed a few more shots for one of the transitions we were doing since it split the screen into four and as a group we decided it would look better if each split screen had a different shot to reflect on what was happening in the dream. As a group we decided on what shots would look better and chose to do them the next day.

11th November - We all met up in Goldney park near school were we had all originally planned the day before to meet. We set up and filmed a few shots however we had a problem with the weather since it was very dull and rainy which allowed us to change a few of our ideas for the shots. We then filmed the 3 shots we needed however we made sure we repeated the same shot more then once incase we had a problem while editing and needed a back up. We had to go to a flower shop close by to replace one of the shots and had a few problems with people wanting to be in front of the camera and people sticking there heads in while we were filming however our aim was to film this shot and we made sure we did it without any inconveniences. After we were all happy with what we had filmed we went to school to capture it and start editing it.