FILMING

Originally, we had the idea of booking out the photography studio to shoot the love action footage, because we liked the idea of having a white background to contrast with the patters. However we actually received some pretty helpful advice from Matt who we went to when we inquired about booking out the room. To begin with, we were quite stuck for time when we were trying to find a day that would work well for all of us. Also, after having a discussion with Matt we decided that using a natural background outside may potentially work better. This seemed apparent for several reasons:

• Having a natural, public environment could potentially fit better with the theme of independence. It would make more sense to have people in their everyday environments instead of something staged.
• Matt brought it to our attention that having something that looks too polished and studio based may not look as effective by the end of production. 
• Also, having  an outside environment would give us more freedom when it came to positioning. 

However before filming there were some thing we needed to consider:

• Making sure we weren't filming people against their will. We would need to be aware of the people around us, and make sure we weren't getting people in the shot who did not want to be filmed. 
• There was also the matter of making sure that the people who we were filming, understood and were comfortable with the fact that they were going to be filmed and shown publicly. 

Shooting Time!

The day of shooting was a very cold, cold day, however we powered on through and managed to get everything we wanted filmed in under an hour! We gathered together some other troopers who were willing to let us film them, also Molly and I stepped in front of the camera too so that we had enough people for the crowd! Emma was in control of the camera and took the reigns on making sure we were getting what we wanted on camera! 

The filming itself was really enjoyable because we had a big open space to work with and their wasn't a huge amount of peoplea about, apart from the occasional dog walker, so we managed to film everything with out disruption. We did get a few distant people in the shot however they would be easily cut out and animated over!