Sunday 2 December 2007

"Did you get your precious photos?"

Here are some wonderful production pictures from our day of shooting in Wolverhampton. The pictures were all taken courtesy of Jason's phone (although some were rendered unusable due to a high rate of MySpace-self-portrait images.) These are the better ones that show our progress through the first half of the day.

Here are Sam and Ellie setting up the shot just outside the tunnel. The shots in and around the tunnel area were especially difficult considering the number of people in the area. However, by filming as soon as people were offscreen, we managed to get the footage we needed.



When we found out our most complex shot was ruined by the appearance of construction and a hundred cars, we had to change the location and the shot on the fly. The best location we could find on such short notice was this long and empty road, along which we could film the tracking shots we needed of the main character running...


This is Ellie (securely) in the back of Pete's car, filming Jason as he runs down the street. We constantly had someone posted at the end of the road with a walkie-talkie so that we could be warned of any approaching cars.


A nice shot of Jason between takes. He did a lot of running that day.


Jason between takes again, with Pete's (and Pete inside.)


After filming the tracking shots with Pete's car, we got some shots of Jason's character having a breather. This is a shot that would lead into a flashback (you'll understand when you see the film.) We picked it because it was the busiest visual area on a long, flat and rather boring brick wall.

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