Shoot Day Part II

On our second day of shooting (the Thursday) we shot on location at the Dorking Stepping Stones.

On the Thursday morning we travelled down to Dorking, found the stepping stones and set up the camera for the first angle. 

Although i have to admit the first difficulty of the day was finding the stepping stones, seeing as I thought I knew where it was, and my memory deceived me, luckily we found with 10 minutes so, virtually no time was wasted. As I have said above we next set up the camera (Sony NX5 HD) checking white balance etc. I started to play around with some shots featuring the nature that surrounded us. 

During this day we tried many shots in slow motion to get the effect that this location was not reality.The worked very well when we tried to create a ripple in the water; for a transition we had planned in the ani-matic storyboard. 

We bought with us some shots from our original storyboard, which helped us structure the shots we took. Due to the beautiful location we chose; there was a tree which fitted the style of the piece and formed a perfect shot to both actors to be in. 

We thought it would be good to have her see him but, he never actually sees her; he just thinks he does. This would give the narrative more depth. To convey this we sat her in a tree looking down at him, but we wanted to see his reaction; as if he had seen her. Therefore we needed a POV shot from the tree. So, I volunteer to climb up and take the shot from the tree, this would help us later when we were concentrating on continuation.

On this shoot day we also spent a lot of time filming water. This would allow us later to build layers and give the film depth and create a further feeling of non-reality.


My main role on this shoot day was being the camerawoman. I felt that I had quite a specific vision for this shoot, and that my choice of composition was a key element. I kept to hand the list of shots and transitions needed, I was aware of what was needed so I did it as efficiently as I could; taking into consideration the frame and the lighting, etc.