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Camera Persons Journal By Sahir Ahmed

Date: - 1stNovember 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 thiswould 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.