A Day Filming - Sinead Makins

On Wednesday 20th February 2010, my media group made our way to Chingford Mount by getting the 179 from Trinity Catholic High School to Station Road, Chingford. Then the second bus we caught was the 98 which took us to Chingford Mount. Our setting for our opening sequence, for this part of the product was being filmed in the cemetery, in order for us to carry out our media opening sequence. Before we started filming we had to go to the head office to ask permissions, if, if we were able to film in the cemetery. we already had a plan, of what we were going to do. we had planned to use a relatives grave as it would disrespectful if, we ad chosen someone else's head stone.
Our first shot for filming was the murderer walking up the hill, getting ready to visit the grave. We filmed a varied amount of shots for the part e.g. the feet, the murderer holding the flowers etc. During this time, we had to wait a while as other people we visiting the cemetry and we didnt want them in our shot.
That section was finally fully filmed so we moved onto the ghost of the girl who was murdered. we positioned the camera behind the gravestone focusing on the murderer. Then all of a sudden the vistim appears and places their hand on the murderer. At this point we ended the shot and took another one without the victim, to show that it was a ghost, when the murder goes to touch the girls hand.
The last few shots filmed was when the flowers were put down by the gravestone. This took a numerous amount of goes, as we wanted to get a good effect, such as: the reflectiojn from the gravestone, or any surrounding around to be falling on top of the flowers such as a leaf or feather. however, the falling object didnt help, as it looked slightly unneeded.
On this day i felt our group worked well togther as we all contiributed with good ideas which were used. we used the time well, as we worked through all the hours we were given without getting distracted, therefore we were able to get all the filming we wanted done in the gravyard completed.