Well, We're getting there... slowly!
Filming day went great, albeit after a shaky start! None of out actors turned up for various reasons so we had to think on our feet. Luckily, after Hazel running down the street and grabbing one of her friends, we had a main male character. This was a huge relief, but we still didn't have gangsters. After some discussion, we decided to proceed with no gangsters, which worked out really well in the end. We have come to the conclusion that our opening actually works better without them.
Other than this, the only problem we had was lighting. The lights were too bright! After lugging heavy equipment up a staircase and then having to assemble it, I was rather disappointed when it turned out that we actually only needed one light, the smallest one, which wasn't on trussing. Down came the lights, trussing and stands with only the small Birdie remaining. It was conveniently stuck to a roof fan using electrical tape. Trying to keep it in the same position all the time was difficult, but we managed.
Our male actor; Martin was absolutely excellent, especially considering he had just been dragged out of bed to help with our project. Jazz, our female actor, who also just happens to be Hazel's sister was not only a great actor, but also very helpful in terms of making sure filming went well. She knew exactly what she was talking about.
We are now in the editing process. Yesterday, all the video clips were arranged into folders respective of whether or not they were good takes. Today was the day that we began to edit the beginning of the sequence. We are now using Final Cut Express, which is much better than imovie. A full tutorial on Final Cut from our teacher; Miss Hill, will take place tomorrow.
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