In our lesson and meeting we managed to get loads done so we're completely ready for our first real shot.
We:
- Finished the storyboard, and made sure that we got our continuity completely sorted. We're going to put a cross on the floor with masking tape so that Laura knows exactly where to stand each take.
- Completed the shooting script - we did this so we don't have any stress on the day and so that Barney and Laura didn't have to each wait around while we were filming the other.
- We met with the actors to take a picture of them which I will now post on the group blog. We also told them what time to arrive and discussed with them what they should wear (Laura - red nails etc, Barney - Black coat, smart shoes).
- We also decided who's bringing what. I need to remember:
- White towel
- Red Roses
- Red Lipstick
- Photo of the couple
- Red Napkins

Fifth Meeting

After Friday's meeting I feel so much more calm. Now I feel like we actually know what we are going to do on the day of the test shoot and I feel more relaxed about the equipment etc.

Fourth Meeting

I'm glad we've agreed on dates etc. for our filming but the meeting really made me realise that we're going to have really big issues with lighting. We're having another meeting later on today and hopefully once we've sorted out a completed storyboard, shooting script etc I'll feel a bit more relaxed about the test shoot.

In the second part of our meeting we started doing a storyboard and shot list as well as a final treatment. I'm going to think about how we can get the continuity to work in the sequence, as are Alice and Aarti, so hopefully by the end of the day Friday we're completely organised and ready for Monday.

Third Meeting

We've now got a pretty much completed idea, which I really like. I love the idea of having him look nervous, as if he really wants to look good and impress her. And I think having her rushing will work well. I also like the idea of all four of the possible actors, so hopefully we've chosen who we are definately going to cast by the end of this week.

Second Meeting

In our lesson today we were working on planning our sequence. We've decided to film in Alice's house and street as it works best. We've also decided on pretty much the whole sequence now, so we're all going to roughly storyboard parts of it. It's going to be useful because I think we all see parts of it working in different ways so it'll be good to know how we each want the sequence to look.

First Meeting

Me, Alice and Aarti had our first meeting today. We've come up with our idea for the opening, just trying to figure out where we're going to film it, so me and Alice are going to take pictures of our houses/local area etc and in our meeting tommorow we'll try and decide where to film it. We also started thinking about actors to be in it and have come up with two people who we think would be really good but we need to ask them and make sure they don't mind giving up their time to be in it. When we get our group blog, we'll write up our idea, and hopefully by then we would've done auditions and cast the roles.