Day 2 of Filming

Johns Story

On this specific day we wanted to tell John's side to the story. Joe (the producer) organised the props, locations and overall strucutre of our filming time-table. However, the day of filming mainly produced a lot of set-backs and issues. The main one was the vodka bottle in which, during one of our shots, John had to get onto a bus but was kicked off when the driver didn't allow him to take the bottle on. Also we suffered in locations as pubs/bars (our inteded locations for the protagonist to get drunk) were off limits to us as we were underaged. Thefore we, with minimal resources (bus tickets and money), opted to keep the shot local and within easy access.

Diversions/Alternatives

We filmed in the Hulme area where we tried to be imaginative with what we could get from only a small section of Hulme. We also had to change it up a bit more and divert from the script as the pub / bar scene was scrapped once we couldn't get access. As a substitute we had John punch someone who tried to steal his vodka bottle to show his gradual increase in anger. The shots we wanted filmed in alley ways were difficult too as we couldn't get to a safe one within our allotted time-slot and the ones we could get too were infact dangerous. This meant we had to film onto some walls and a specific part of our college which we tried to pass as an alley way. It worked but not as well as we intended our actual day of filming to go.

Progressing

Overall it was a pretty hectic day which didn't go our way. We got all the shots possible and made as many subtle changes to the story we wanted to tell as possible. However our intened 5 day filming span we initially planned on doing was still within target as we had spent 2 days in the studio and 2 days out on location so far. The final day of filming had to run smoother if we wanted to finish on time.