Day 2 - filming

DAY 2 of filming opening credits

We turned up on time at the set of the pub. the set was brilliant and very easy to set up. within a few minutes we were ready for our first few shots. all seemed to flow very well and the scenery was great. we even adapted some things to make use of the scenery and have the modern mixed with the old style with the beer taps and whiskey on a wooden bar.

Mirrors and space were an issue. there was not much room around the bar so we couldn't get as wide as we would of liked due to there being a wall in the way. But working around it we managed to get our shots and they looked relatively good. other issues were movement. Often our shots slide up and across. this was a massive issue as it was just so wobbly. We needed something that could let us move but not use our legs. Next time we are looking to use a skateboard or a trolly to be able to be able keep up with the character and not be wobbling the whole time. to counter that we added in an additional shot. This made us able to film a small bit without having to move as much then break into a stiller shot, then back to the moving one. This broke it up and made it a lot faster and cut out wobbles.

We filmed all of our scenes and packed up. Once we loaded them up to the laptop we found it was all just way too dark. So we are having to go back and re film. We made a small draft edited version of what we had and it was all too slow. When we go back to re-film we are going to add extra shots and move the shots between a lot quicker to liven things up a bit. It was just too plain slow and boring, everything happened slowly and didn't engage in what a western viewer would want from the opening which is action based and builds suspense.

Costumes looked perfect for the baddies. But the next day will also include the barman's shots and extra bits and pieces we need to speed up the whole opening and plan on where the stills for each characters credit will be when it comes onto their shot which we didn't plan ahead enough for.