Filming - February

We started recording our final task on Thursday 10th February. We went to the abandoned Dairy Crest Factory in Peterborough as it was a good location to show that the main character, Tom, lives in a very urban rough area. During the filming session we also went to the nearby flats, which looks like a concrete jungle, where Sols brother lives to set the scene for the main character. I think where we filmed really showed the class and status of Tom. 

We are going to get the video files transferred to our shared area on Monday to begin our editting process.

On the 11th we went to film some more of the main characters scene. We managed to get a good clip on a long path which we think will be good for our end scene as it feels as if it is a drak threatening place in a rough area.

We also went to look for more locations that we would be able to use for other parts of the opening scene. So when we had more time in the future we would know exactly where to go to be more efficient with our time to get as much recording as possible done.

Today we spent the morning filming my part of the film.My character is the wealthy and already established rapper so we needed to find a location to reflect this.

Initially we were just going to film in the schools recording studio but we realised that this wouldn't be substantial enough for the whole film as it is not very diverse.

Fortunately on one of our location scoutings we visited Thorpe Hall which would be ideal for my part. We were also lucky with the weather as it was a sunny day which improved the lighting of each shot making the location look brighter, again showing the contrast of the class and status between me and Tom .

!!!After gaining permission to film in the grounds we were able to take some ideal shots showing how wealthy 'Sam Sparkz' is and how his lifestyle varies from 'Tom Bensons'

We have uploaded and tranferred the clips today and we will edit them tomorrow.

Today we re-filmed some scenes that had continuity errors from before and also filmed a few shots inside the schools recording studio.

We were slightly lucky with the weather as there wasn't too much difference between the lighting on the first shooting compared to the second.

We are now going to put all the clips together ready to be shown as a Rough Cut to our teacher and the class.

This will give us feedback on how to make our video better.