Filming Diary Entry - Saturday 23rd November 2013

Today, as scheduled on my shoot list, I filmed the 'Forrest Gump' scene of me running along a field. It was easy, as there was only 1 shot to film, but however, it took ages to film it because I wanted to get it just right. As this shot was scheduled to be a dolly shot, I needed an assistant to help me track my movement.

However, this did not go to plan. Here is more:

Here is a mid-shot of me, showing me running across the field towards the camera. There was only 1 shot to film, therefore, I could edit the footage in the places I wanted them in my music video. 


Changes to shot:

This shot was supposed to be a dolly shot, but we had no specialised equipment to film this dolly shot, so it was down to just zooming out. As I ran towards the camera, the assistant was intended to slowly zoom out the focus of the camera, so the same kind of shot (mid-shot) was still attained. This took several cuts to film, but in the end, we got the focus just right on the character. 


Camera problems:

The whole footage of the scene was filmed to the point where I thought it was professional enough to include in my music video. However, as we finished filming, the cam-corder was on low battery. This instance, I had to wait until Monday the 25th to charge the battery up to continue filming, so therefore Sunday the 24th, we did no filming, interrupting my shooting schedule even more.