Filming Day One

On our first day of filming, we decided to focus on the tracking shot of the two girls sat on the bench. We had limited time to film as our actors were only with us for a small amount of time due to other commitments they had. We used half an hour in the morning before filming to do Lauren's makeup as we had to make her look vacant and void.
To create the bench scene, we tried a variety of different techniques to see which would create the smoothest shot, as a tripod would be useless. First we tried holding the camera in our hands and walking around the bench, however this turned out extremely bumpy and in the shot you could clearly see the steps of the camerawomen. We thought about many different objects we could use to create a steadier shot, we considered a wheelbarrow and an office chair however in the end we decided a push bike would be easiest. This technique was effective because whilst I held the camera steady on the seat; Georgie was able to steer the bike, therefore giving us good control of the movement of the camera.
We then had to capture some close up shots of Lauren Barlow (Character One) sat alone on the bench, one of these was her looking straight into the camera. We initially tried using a tripod, however we couldn't get this close enough to her face due to the positioning of the legs of the tripod against the bench Lauren was sitting on. To get the camera close enough to Lauren's face without using the zoom, we had our other actress lean over while we placed the camera steadily on her back and got the close ups. This allowed us to get the close ups and extreme close ups thats we wanted without having to compromise the quality.

Filming Close Ups

The bike we used to film the bench scene

Me balancing the camera while
 Georgie steered the bike