Update - Finished Filming

We have now finished the filming of the opening title sequence of our thriller. We managed to get it all filmed within two days. The trip Alex and I made to London on the Friday before filming had a big impact on the pace of which we were filming. We knew exactly where to go and what angles to shoot at, and as a result of this we have got all the shots we need in a much shorter time that what we was expecting.

Saturday 26th

The first day of filming went well. Nicole and I got to Alex's house for 10am, to allow as much time in the day to shoot the scene. We cracked on with the filming straight away by setting up the equipment and getting our actors costumes ready. We filmed the phone ringing shots first because Henry and Laura were arriving later, so we had to film in a different order to the storyboard. We could do this without confusion easily because Alex and I had drawn a storyboard of each shot we had to take on the Friday; therefore we knew what shots we had to do that involved Ricky only.

After the match-on-action shots going into the study, and the filming in the study, we went out in the mini to get some shots of Ricky driving. This proved to be quite a challenge, having to make several trips to get the shots we needed, we took in turns to film inside the car to try and get the best possible shots. As a result, we got really good shots and we are all very pleased.

When Henry and Laura arrived, we filmed the shots we needed with them in straight away because we were starting to lose daylight. We got the last shots done just before we lost the daylight and then after this, Alex backed the camera up onto his laptop immediately.

Sunday 27th

The second day of filming went well but was very stressful. Nicole, Alex, Max and I, all met at Dartford station for 6am. We caught the train to London Bridge and the jubilee line in the underground to Canary Wharf. We went directly to the shopping mall of Canary Wharf and done the first few shots of Max walking up escalators through revolving doors. We got many shots around this area and in the park, we got most of the shots with only Max in as possible before Ricky got to London. Ricky arrived at 11am and at this point we decided to split up because we had two cameras. Alex went to get some shots of Ricky in the underground, whilst Nicole and I got some shots of Max on the phone in the park and some shots of him walking. This was even more efficient and helped to get the filming done even quicker, we were ahead of schedule. Nicole and I also filmed Ricky taking pictures of Max and the start of the tracking; mean while Alex getting some motion shots of London. By doing this we got the filming done a lot quicker and managed to get as many different angles and shots of each frame as possible, that way we get to choose what to use when editing.

After we done all the filming in London we made our way to Porsche Service Centre Byfleet by catching a train from Waterloo. That was a 40 minute journey, of which we rested and had our lunch. By 4pm we arrived at the Porsche Centre, whilst waiting for my dad to open up, we set up the equipment and organised where we were going to film the shots. We finished the scene in the Porsche Centre by 6:30pm and caught the train back home.