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Sunday, 1 May 2011

Film Opening - UK Shoot 2

For the second half of our filming here in the UK we focused on the exterior scenes. This took almost two hours to plan and film on the day although these scenes only appear for a few seconds of film. The shoot went smoothly and we were satisfied with the end result which will appear in the final cut, although we did face a problem when filming shots of the car driving past, as it had to be going at the right speed. This took several takes because the car was often going too fast, and we didn't want to risk reducing the film quality by slowing the footage down. Fortunately we went to a very quiet street during the afternoon at a time of day when it wouldn't be so busy, so we were lucky to get as many takes as we wanted or needed.

Monday, 14 March 2011

Film Opening - New York Shoot

We have recently started shooting our film opening which has been going quickly but efficiently and we are all pleased with how the footage looks thus far, especially because both Isaac and I have been able to travel to New York over the February half term to shoot footage especially for this project. We have filmed footage which successfully reflects the busy lifestyle of New York City and also its rich culture and most famous sights, such as the view from the Empire State Building we shot by night. We had hoped to visit the Brooklyn Bridge although we couldn't due to time constraints. We shot all the footage between our stay from 22nd-26th February (Tues-Sat) as we visited each place within the city and shot whichever sights we felt would be appropriate for the feel of our opening, so we filmed each shot as we came to each location. Other filming locations include the metro station at Grand Central Station and the exterior of the New York Film Academy.

Usually only one or two takes were required for each shot taken during the New York shoot, so the process was very quick and we fortunately shot all of the footage we wanted during the time we had.