Camera Persons Journal By Sahir Ahmed Date: - 1st November 2011 (Afternoon) We began filming today; originally we planned

on filming with all three of our cast however Tobi was unable to make it due to the fact that she was going to change her hair. We didnt want to film her with two different hairstyles as this would break the continuity rule. We filmed in the afternoon with the rest of our cast, we mainly focused on the exterior scenes, and as I was still familiarising myself with the equipment it took a while for me to set up and get used to the camera. We came across minor issues such as moving cars and people walking by, this caused us to move around and it wasted some time. Overall we got all the shots we needed for the day and we finished filming before it got dark. After watching the tape back we realised there were a few errors such as too much headroom and not enough shots. We discussed all this and decided that we need to film most of the scenes again. Date: - 19th October 2010 (Afternoon) We planned to film on this day, however the same two people in our cast let us down once again so we decided to play the roles ourselves because we werent prepared to risk being behind on our work. We took the camera out and we filmed some exterior scenes and most of the interior scenes, when we began filming we had a few difficulties such as the lighting in the room, this was because the sun was directly on the camera lens causing the cast to look dark. We immediately solved this problem by changing the positions of the characters and using the curtains to block out the backlight. We changed some parts of our story as we felt that it was more effective and Im very pleased with the work we managed to get done. Date: - 8th March 2010 (Afternoon) Today was the final day of filming. We mainly focused on re-filming some of the interior scenes as we werent entirely satisfied with the shots we originally took. We used the time we had very wisely and we were able to get through all the things that needed to be done fairly easily. We made sure we had enough varied shots to play around with in the editing suite. We looked over the list of things we needed to do and made sure we had done everything on the list. In conclusion we have gone through a lot of things during filming and it has made us more confident in using the camera equipment and has given us a better understanding of what filming entails. This filming experience has taught me to use time efficiently and not to waste it. We have learnt to rely on each other as a group, weve worked hard and hopefully all the effort we put into filming will show in the end product.