Diary Entry - Battle scene

28th of January - Shot-over
After already filming parts of the training we have decided that we had to film the rest of the battle scenes. So we headed towards shot over our chosen location at 11:00 o'clock by taking the bus and then walking up a steep hill in order to reach our destination. We had presumed that because of the recent rain that the ground would of have been wet and possibly create mud which was then confirmed when we arrived. Once we had arrived we then were looking for a possibly territory that was had a military sense to it with colour in which the actress could camouflage against the trees and foliage, luckily we chose a area where the a tree had fallen down which was perfect to place all the equipment on top of the tree so that no damage will be done.

Because of the outdoor environment we had the actress put the costume on over her clothes this also kept her warm on this cold day. Last time we had filmed at shot over everyone was cold and so this time we came prepared and in order to keep warm we had prepared tea in two large flask and had brought some snacks we also had taken hand warmers this helped a lot and keep everyone including the actress happy through out the day.

When filming the the death scene we knew that at the same time the father would feel the pain in a different location so we knew that it didn't matter as much of continuity errors and so that is when we thought of the gun dropping in slow motion because it would be so awesome in the rewind montage we have toward the reunion. When shooting a long shot of the actress running through the wooded area she first had to see which path was best suited because of the muddy floor and of the branches that were not as visible from a distance. She then had to practise so that she remembered which route to take when actually filming.We then moved location where we would have the actress getting ready to fight.

We then took advantage of the appeared sun and started to take possible photographs that could be included in our magazine advert or our digipak, different photos that we put in a mood board to so that we can view them all at once.

The aim of the day was to shoot a great range of long and close up shoots and I personally think that we achieved that. We have split the next filming days into 3 sections, all sections that we are filming will need all the characters including the child to participate and have spilt them by location

Park Scene
Which will be at Florence park in where the the father and the daughter are playing at the park, but we have also thought about filming some of the military training because we know that there is a climbing type frame that we thought we could have the actress climb as an obstacle.

Railway Station
Which is where we will shoot the sending off of both "parents" and the reunion of "both parents" with the "daughter"at the train station

Home scenes
This is where any home scenes that are needed when it will be shot such as the scene of the daughter is washing her face or getting ready for bed or playing with her toys we will also film the scene where the father feels the pain the mother does when she is shot.

These are the only film days we have left it not a lot of shot but the location takes time to travel and because of the weather we might have to choose what we are filming on the day.