First day of filming:

On the 9th of December (yesterday), I begun filming for my opening sequence, starting with my main character - Megan Polston (Flo). I had organised all the props that were necessary prior to the filming, so there wasn't much preparation involved when it came to the day of filming. Once I arrived at Megan's house, we sat down and begun discussing the order of the day - what we needed to film, where it needed to be done, and how long we had to do it. As I mentioned previously, Megan has performed professionally in the past, so she is quite used to being told what to do. She listened to what I had to say, offered her honest opinions, and did exactly what I told her to do.

One of the many out-takes

At first, both Megan and I found it very difficult to behave in a serious manner, which did take up quite a large chunk of our filming time. As we are close friends, we do feel comfortable around each other; however, we also find it hard to act seriously when we're together! It took quite a while to sort ourselves out, but once we did, the filming went very smoothly. 

This snapshot shows the darkness
in the kitchen

I didn't face any huge problems during the filming process, but there were a few minor things that I had to resolve - one of which being the lighting in Megan's kitchen. Megan and I had quite a hard time trying to adjust the lighting to make it look like it was clearly filmed in the daytime; however, the editing effects on final cut express will help me to brighten my clip further. We brought lamps into the room, torches, and even a few candles, but none of these things really added to the brightness of the clip. Hopefully the use of effects in final cut express will be successful.


Overall, I am very pleased with how my first day of filming went. Yes, we did face a few issues, but these were quickly resolved with Megan's help and patience. I am very grateful to Megan, as she was willing to give up a large majority of her day in order to help me. She also acted exactly how I had imagined it, which was brilliant. Next step - filming with Hayley and Stephie!