Filming-day 1-'The Argument'

For our filming stages, we had to do different parts at different times, as sometimes due to weather conditions or prior arrangements with our group, we could not film at our houses or at the marina for the end scenes and flashbacks. The first place that we filmed was at my house, for the argument scene. We had the characters sat on the sofa, which contained blue cushions showing sadness, and a red wall behind to show both love and anger. We only filmed on one half of the room, as this was where the key props and features of the room were placed. We included part of the other sofa, as it was inevitably in the shot because of the type of shots that we chose, and the door that jacob walks out of.



This scene shows the second flashback before the very end of the video as the couple finally meet. As timed in our storyboard, we planned that this would last around 28 seconds, as each line was around 7 seconds each. However, we had to make a cut before the last scene began from this, with time for the emotional build up of the female singing in the last scene. Therefore, we had to cut this video short by three seconds, to allow the cuts to be made. For the filming of the video, as shown in the playback, Taslima, who did the filming, held the lyrics in her hand, and told us when to go and directed us around the room so that the timing was prompt and accurate.
As this scene contains an argument, we had to think of an idea relating to us in real life that would work for a sufficient argument to take place. We had the idea, as Jacob plays football, about him questioning me as to why I had not washed his kit for a match the next day. I reacted suprised and angry as he had not given me enough notice. As this story could also be comical, we found it hard at first to stay serious whilst arguing, so had to film this a few times over. We also had to practice before filming, to ensure that we were directed correctly by Taslima during the scene.
The problems that we experienced with this shoot, was that the quality of the camera was fuzzy and kept going out of focus, therefore Taslima decided to use another one she had which she knew would film with a better quality. We also decided to change some of the shots to medium close ups, as it was all originally filmed from one shot, though we decided this was not right, as it would not portray the right emotions for the characters to get the right message accross to the audience. The final problem, was that the acting did not fit correctly in time with the lines sung in the stanza. We needed this to flow and fit correctly in order to move the action on and begin the next scene, the most vital of the video.
For future filming of this scene, we would ensure that we included the right shots in the scene, and that the timing was more accurate during the lines sung.