Behind the Scenes

As a group we thought it would be a really good idea to get some footage of when we were filming, showing the process of what we were doing and how we did it. This inspired us to bring along an extra camera (and 16 batteries) to film what was going on, picking it up and recording the odd moments we could when the camera started rolling, as well as our attempt to build a fire. This was also useful because it gave everyone in the group a chance to do some of the filming, whether on the professional camera or the behind the scenes.
As a group we took it in turns filming, and because we were often running around setting up between takes or trying to walk down a slope some of the footage is a bit shaky and jumpy at points, which I managed to stabilises slightly but only up to a point. If we do this again I might see if I can get a steady cam to do the behind the scenes footage on. All of the footage was filmed on a Fujifilm Finepix S4000 and edited in iMovie.
The clips in this are filmed over two days, with the original clips of the beach footage cut out when we decided to film the beach part again after we realised the footage wasn't up to the highest of standards (previous diary entries explain why in detail).
Because of the plot of the sequence - teenagers on a beach gathering with cameras, we decided to use mine to record certain parts of the scene such as Faye and Beth hitting the camera away in annoyance because they don't want to be filmed, as well as a couple of shots of people messing around having and occasional shots of the fire. Some of this we used in the final sequence with a record effect over the top to give it an added effect and make it more obvious, but a lot of it was left spare for behind the scenes.
I decided to add a special thanks to our friend Beth at the end in the credits because over the filming of our project she was a massive help, this is because she stepped in last minute to star in our film when our extra cancelled as well as being willing to help again when we needed to re film. In short, she was just amazing throughout the whole thing.