''Love Actually'' Filming

Task:
To recreate the opening two minutes of a film of your choice

Equipment:

We took with us two video camera's, a tripod and list of the shots we wanted to get.

Filming:
Today me and my group met at the set date and time which we had arranged a couple of weeks ago in order to film our opening two minutes of the film we chose, Love Actually. 


Norwich Airport:
Although being half term,  the airport did not have many passengers. Luckily we had expected this having been to the airline already ourselves, hense why we organised to also film at a second location, Chapelfield shopping centre, also in Norwich. Although not very busy, we still managed to get some good shots, these included:

· Various close up shots (in order to express emotion) of families/couples/friends hugging and talking to one another after being reunited having just come back from their holiday

· Outside shot of the airport 

· Long shot of an airplane either taking off or coming into land

- All of which we had planned prior to filming. 

As we wanted all of our shots of people hugging and greeting each other after just coming back from their travels, we felt asking their permission to be filmed before greeting one another may mean that it comes across unnatural and forced. To override this problem, we made the decision to film people as they were coming through departures without letting them know at first and instead, asking them once we had filmed them if they would allow us to use the footage we had of them. We made it very clear that if they did not want to be in it we would delete what we had filmed of them, or equally, if they didn't mind, that it would only be used for  our A-level course only and not for any other purposes. Thankfully everybody we filmed was happy for us to use the footage we had of them.

Chapefield shopping centre:

After filming at the airport we then made our way to Chapelfield, Here we got the following shots:

·Large crowds in order to make the airport look more crowded and busier.

· Shops Plus which could be in the duty free section of the airport so it would still look realistic.

·A shot of people going up an escalator

- All of which we had also planned prior to filming.

We did however also shoot a shot which we had not planned of some people in a cafe which worked well. 

Outcome:

From today, I personally, have learn't the importance of organisation and planning during filming. As my group and I had planned some time in advance of where we were going to film, when and at what time none of us were stressed that we weren't going to complete the work on time. As we took out list of shots we wanted to get with us, we didn't waste any time and knew exactly what we were doing, therefore filming in totally took us approximately two hours. I really enjoyed today and am looking forward to editing all the footage when we return to Sixth Form.