Day 1: We needed a few props for our film such as a car, fake blood and a knife. So we made sure everything would be ready and available on the day. Abul called his friend and asked him if we can borrow his car for some of the shots. His friend agreed and said he would be available. We also decided the locations we needed for each shot. We chose to film the shots of Nancy lost in Trafalgar Square as it is iconic of London. We agreed to film all our shots on streets as it would be more realistic and it would relate to our target audience. We chose to film the stabbing scene at night as it would be dark and more interesting.
Day 2: We all met up in Trafalgar square at 12am and had all the filming equipment. We set up and started off by filming a few shots of Nancy walking. We chose this location because it is very iconic in London also it would establish the films location. . We spent 1 hour filming shots of Nancy walking, lost and had no one to turn to. We made sure we filmed for continuity and match on action. We then travelled to Marble arch Station to shoot more shots. We took few shots because we did not have more time to film the rest because two of the group members couldn’t stay for longer so we decided to meet up the next day.
Day 3: We had finished filming and captured all our footage; however after we watched the film we realized we needed a few more shots of Nancy (the main character) from different angles. Also, some of the shots were too bright so we had to do it again. We all decided what shots we had to do again and what shots we had to add.
Day 4: The next day everything went really well, we all met up in Trafalgar Square at 11am again. We set up the camera and started filming all the shots that were bright. However, we couldn’t film one of the shots which were in the public toilet so we decided to shot that scene in the school toilets when we all had a free period. We then travelled to Oxford Street. We had to choose the right place to film in because it was very crowded. 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 but then it went well. Again we chose this location because it is one of the most popular places in London. We started filming at 1pm, we had plenty time so were expecting to finish most of the shots by the end of this day. After that we went to the station again and took a more shots because we didn’t have time the other day.
Day 5: On Thursday we all had a free period so we decided to film the toilet scene. We went downstairs and got all the equipment we needed and we took permission to film in the girl’s toilet. Me and Abul filmed many shots of Nancy the main character and Zinuk one of the criminals in the school toilet. We made sure we repeated the same shot more then once incase we had a problem while editing. When we were done with the toilet scene we had to go down to the ground floor to film a few shots in the dark room.
Day 6: On Sunday we all met near school and travelled together to Waterloo Bridge. We took some pictures for our poster and magazine covers. Also we set up the camera and took many shots of the London Eye for our establishing shot. After, spending 2hour filming we were waiting for abuls friend to arrive so we can start with the car scene. When he arrived we all went together to the unkown place to start filming. We had to choose an empty place where not a lot people would travel in. we finally found the place, got the equipment ready and stared filming. We made sure we repeated each shot to save us any problems later with one shot turning out wrong. We took a very long time filming the scene. We took many shots and made sure we took them from different angles just incase something would go wrong when we start editing in school. When we finally finished we all went to eat somewhere, we were all starving. We then took the underground to go to the next unkown location to film my part, the stabbing part. We got to the place at 4pm it was dark and the place we choose was amazing at that time. We set the camera and were ready to film. Nancy took many shots of me walking and of Abul and Zinuk trying to kill me. Again we made sure we took it from more than one angle. After that I took shots of abul and zinuk chasing nancy. We took 3hours filming, it was a very long and tiring day. By the end we were all happy with our footage.
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