Meeting 7:

After deciding on a date that would be perfect where all of us would be free including the cast members we finally decided today we were all free to film. Wednesday 19th of March. At 2:00PM we got our equipment and made our way to the park that was in Clapton Pond. This was not the desired location that we had in our storyboard or shot list or call sheet. However, it was an easy place for all of us to go to because it was nearby and we only had an hour to film the break-up scene and also because it had a pond and a fountain and also a little bridge which made the whole entire park look much more romantic on a sunny day for a couple to meet up. We chose this location also because the audience can think that this is a romantic place for the couple to meet up, however, things do go wrong because the couple break up which makes the whole scenery look as if it has gone to waste for the couple to meet up there but that is the thought the audience should think about when they first see the location. It was a normal day with not too much sun in the sky which was good because not a happy thing was about to happen. If it was more gloomier then it would have been perfect to reflect the mood of the characters but seeing as it was the last day for us to film because we were on a tight deadline, we had no choice. The characters came wearing the same outfits as they had on in the other scenes and everything went well in the beginning. We did not have a problem setting up the camera or the tripod because we had done it many times before we had gotten used to knowing how to set it up so no time was wasted. It only took us 25 minutes to film the break-up scene, it would have been much quicker if the characters were not breaking into giggles every minute. Since we changed the storyline and the script a little, we did not have the boyfriend saying to the female that he cheated on her, instead we had him breaking up with her using other forms of break-up lines. Such as, "I've got feelings for my ex.." etc. Seeing as we had not pre-planned the script beforehand we had to make it all up on the spot as we were filming, this way we could make it look like a natural break-up between a couple. We still got it filmed in the end (without any laughter) and because there were not much charge left in the camera and before it totally died, we did not get a shot of the female protagonist walking away, we only got one shot, to get another shot of her walking away would have been perfect, just in case the first one did not work out properly. However, we still got it all filmed and had plenty of time left in the end to put the footage up into the computer to edit and put together with the rest.