We started by filming the bottle scene which was filmed entirely by James and Chris whilst I played the extra who was to have the bottle smashed on his head. We filmed straight after school because Tom had his car and was able to bring a change of clothes to get into his character. Originally we were to use sugar glass in this scene so that the bottle would smash on contact, however I was unable to find a cost efficient way of ordering a product because organisation that would deliver products were based in the USA and had high prices that I couldn't afford, so after further research I was able to find a company based in the Midlands of the UK but they wouldn't deliver and instead I would of had to go and pick it up which isn't ideal, therefore for this scene we resorted to filming with a glass bottle.
The first shot was filmed by Chris and was a close up of Shaun's hand as he moved to grab a beer bottle on the side by his front door. This had to be filmed a couple of times to get the right camera position and I had to show Tom where he should hold the bottle and how he should hold it.
After this shot was completed James then filmed the next shot which was an over the shoulder shot of the enforcer and we see Shaun smash the bottle over my head as I play the enforcer. Again we had to film this shot a couple of times because Tom didn't want to course injury when he hit me so we had to experiment with the speed of the swing which we got to a moderate pace with a connection and we will speed up this shot during editing.
With the completion of that shot we only had one last scene to film which was located in a graveyard in Hale. Tom, who was driving, and I didn't know the directions to the graveyard so this caused us some trouble getting there as we missed some turnings, however Chris and James were able to guide us to the right place and because it took s some time to find the location the lighting was a bit dimmer which favoured us because of the convention of low key lighting in British Drama and sets the sombre mood. We chose Hale cemetery because Chris has a relative buried there he obtained permission off of his family for us to film there. I filmed the three shots used in this scene, the first being a wide shot with a pan at the end to see Shaun looking down at a grave. Shaun can be seen carrying a rose which is a symbol of love so we can infer that the the person buried here is of importance to Shaun emotionally.
I then filmed a low angle close up so that we can see this emotion on Shaun's face and this required two takes because Tom laughed on the first take but aside from this it was simple to film.
finally I finished with a shot close to the ground which turns into an extreme close up of the rose as Shaun lays it down on the ground. I like this shot because we can see Shaun walking away in the background as he puts his hood up with his back away from the grave but because he left the rose there it signifies that no matter where he is his love for that person will remain with them.
Now that filming is completed we are able to fully focus on editing, the shots we have taken have all been uploaded and so we are able to go right into editing.
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