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1. Production Diary: Day 2

2. ACT 2  Day 2 of production was on the 21st March. As previously agreed after our classes in college we went to the technicians' room to book the camera and got the bus from Bede campus into Sunderland. Before we headed there, as planned we looked at the resource list and the risk assessment  so that we had what we needed and were aware of the dangers before filming. At first we were going film Act 2 Scene 1 but, because we had to buy a Greggs sausage roll as Tristan eats a sausage roll in this scene, the closest Greggs had run out so we decided to film Scene 2 first while we waited for them to restock. From Park Lane we walked down towards Blandford Street. To help us with the dialogue we had the script on Sauls and my phone so we could practice before filming began. Will would record us and I would help direct him on what shots to take and what to do. After recording a shot we would check the video and audio quality on the camera. After doing this for the first time we noticed you could barely hear us speak, after pondering on why this could be we found that the microphone wasn’t turned on. If we hadn't checked the recording this could of ruined the entire footage we had taken that day so this was really important to do in the end. 

3. ACT 2 After filming the handheld two shot we moved on to the over the shoulder shot-reverse-shots that happen when Felix and Tristan talk to each other. The way these were filmed was by Will standing behind either mine or Sauls shoulder and we would say our lines. We noticed that filming them in line order made the camera jump around in position a little bit as Will would have to move back and forth for each take. So to counter act this we decided to do all of one characters lines first and then do the other characters lines afterwards. We would also cut after a line was taken so there would be less to memorize for me and Saul. Also Will didn't put on the strap that’s on the camera around his next at first and almost dropped it so I immediately told him to put it on so that we do not damage College property. Once we had finished the over the shoulder shot-reverse-shots on one part of Blandford street we moved down towards the bottom end of Blandford street next to the newly built train station. The first shot in this scene is a P.O.V shot from Tristans perspective. For the sake of being pedantic I chose to be the camera operator for this shot. We then experimented with a low angle shot as well as back and forth panning for when Felix and Tristan are arguing. We also tried to shoot with selective focus but we couldn't figure it out so we instead took a long tracking shot of Felix walking away and Tristan following.

4. ACT 2 During the filming for the argument between Felix and Tristan the camera we were using had died despite it being fully charged before Now that we had finish filming that scene we could buy a sausage roll and begin filming the first scene. This scene is very short as it is mainly used to establish that Tristan and Felix have met, so filming this scene was pretty simple and short to film. The first shot was an extreme close up of Tristans mouth eating a Greggs sausage roll. We tried both Will being up and close to my face and with the camera just zoomed in. Because we had only one sausage roll we only had too chances at the shot as I could just eat the two different sides of the sausage roll. From there it was a POV shot from Felixs perspective with his hand in the shot, so this time it definitely had to be the one behind the camera. And to finish off with the day it was an over the shoulder shot-reverse-shot with the last shot becoming a tracking shot of Felix and Tristan walking down to Blandford street. We came a lot of problems today but we did well to overcome them so I'm happy with the footage we got today.