Filming

Day 1

My group and I started off shooting in a classroom. We decided to use our school as the location because we believed it would go well with the mis en scene we were trying to capture, we tried to go for the whole education mis en scene. We did not plan this for this for this day at all so you could imagine how unorganised it was, we did not have the cast planned and the story board was not done. After watching what we just shot we decided to scrap the whole idea and start again once we were properly organised.

Day2 Camden scene 

Myself and Lynette went to shoot the urban scenes in Camden on the high street. We did take a couple of shots even without a tripod, that was one of the things I hope we could change because we now have scenes that really shake and we may have to go back and re shoot. One thing we could of improved on this day was actually sorting out equipment, not having a tripod this slow us down a bit and made the whole filming experience a negative. One thing I also believed we could of changed is actually having the group together, I believe it would of made things easier, however the reason for the group not being together was reasonable so we can not really stick the blame on an individual.   

Day3 House scene 

We decided to have a drug scene at my house, which we believed would go well with the whole urban theme. We managed to use our creative side and produce makeshift drugs, this was a bit of salt, coconut bar, cling film and we used a couple paracetamol tablets. It allowed the group and I to make the drugs look real we really fooled a lot of people, it gives the audience some scene of verisimilitude.

Day4 Chapel scene 

This was wicked idea by Lynette. We were able to shoot in the schools chapel which was really good because the way the chapel was set out made it look like a church. Deon managed to move things around if it did not suit our imagination.  

Day 5 

We decided to shoot a scene where the main character is selling drugs in school to his classmates. This scene was done during lunch break so that it looks more realistic and some sense of verisimilitude was captured. We chose to film this in the sixth form block as it shows the main character is balancing school and illegal behaviour. We did not really have many problems, the conditions were alright because we were indoors and the people who helped us out were professional enough to act normal and not be silly. I actually did this whole scene as a POV, I have to admit I did not believe it would have looked as good as it did.

Day 6 Drama Room 

Lynette always had the idea that we should do the Lip syncing parts in the drama room where we would be able to have the room dark and turn on the middle light which would only shine on the main character. I think this day has been the best day of filming so far, having to learn the words and put our acting skills into play.