Weather Issues

Although the large part of our filming was done during editing we found that we had to edit down the footage more than we had predicted and so we needed more footage to complete the video. Sadly though we had a large period where we couldn't film due to snow and that the ground was wet and the snow/ice took a long time to melt.

When the snow cleared and the grass was no longer water logged we started to plan a date to film the rest of our footage. The conditions where fairly perfect for what we needed.

Mise-en-scene

Costume
When looking into the actor's costumes we wanted a very average look with no outstanding or very different clothing. We asked the lead actor to wear a hooded jacket and jeans. The female actor was asked to wear their normal everyday clothing. As part of the group she knew exactly what was needed and the criteria. We then approved the outfit and the filming began. Then for the second outfit we ask for similar clothing with the addition of some accessories for example a cap and headphones. We did this to show the change in time and the change in the individual in the story. The clothing for both characters was chosen in a way to allow the audience to connect with the characters and to remove any barriers that could be causing the audience to not focusing on the story.

Setting
We choose a fairly open natural place so that we could get wide shots and it would also be less likely for people to walk into our shots. We chose to film outside in and area like this to also get a high contrast in colour so when we used the colour correction of black and white effects it was more noticeable and this would reflect the characters drastic change in emotion.

Lighting
As we have planned to adjust the colour of the video anyway so lighting wasn't a issue. We did hope that the days we filmed on would be fairly bright though so any colour correction that could be avoided could be.

Props
We didn't want to have many props as we didn't want to take any focus away from the scene and characters. Instead we opted to have no props with the exception of a sketch pad which is only in a couple of shots as well as the male leads hat which is costume but we also used as a prop to finish up the story.