Shooting the sequence

I tried to convey my first thoughts and ideas in the shooting of the film, however this proved testing as the conditions and situations prior to the film affected my intentions greatly. Firstly when i went to the field I had planned to use I discovered that the long, meadow like grass had been mown away, which i personally felt took away from the atmosphere I had planned on creating. I used the field i had intended to use despite the changes to the look of the setting, as I preferred the surrounding area in comparison to other locations i looked at after discovering the change at the original field. Another complication was to do with the colour design for the sequence. The weather conditions on the day set to film were not as bright as i had expected, meaning that the colouring at lighting of the scene will be a lot duller than I had planned. This however is not a massive loss as on reflection I feel that this dull lighting will bring my production the generic social realism style of gloomy-ness as I was swaying to a more art house styling of my production much like Lynne Ramsey rather than Ken loach. The final hindering of the film was that my Brother who was set to play one of the lead characters (one of the two lead boys) became ill during the week previous to the Sunday we were going to film. This made me unsure whether filming could go on or whether i would be able to find a stand-in in time. Luckily my brother regained some energy ready for filming nevertheless he was not of full health meaning he didn’t seem as energetic and juvenile as I wanted him to seem in the scene, slightly taking away from the narrative and mood of the film.