Final Filming - Abi Black

On Friday we finished our final rushes. Having previously sort out the perfect location to film, my main job of the day was recording our filming using still shots with our camera. When we looked at the location we decided on a quite isolated country road, which was not only safer for Milo to run down but also allowed us to film with Jack sitting in the boot of the car and Alex driving slow enough for Milo to run behind. We also had to find the right tree for the scene where Milo is sitting up and gazing out from it, as it had to be one which Milo could easily climb but also we had to test that it was safe for him to climb first. We managed to take about 5-10 shots of Milo running down the road and so hopefully from this we can use the one which looks the smoothest although we did want a handheld effect for this, so if they do look a bit bumpy it will work with what is going on in the scene.
The next scene we shot was the one of Milo up the tree. We had to be wary of this as we were using natural lighting our timing had to be precise as the sun was setting. We took a variation of shots of him running towards the tree and starting to climb up it which will work with a match on action with the next few shots of him starting to climb about half way up the tree. The shots which we took actually when he was sitting on the branch were over the shoulder shots which look really great, we took these from a variety of angles so when we get them into the editing suite we can choose which ones we like best.
Overall it was a really productive day and we got a lot of footage from it which we can then go on to work with during this week.