Film session 2

It’s vital that we get this scene and shoot these shots as they give us insight into the character and he’s journey. I knew that they will be many issues that would confront us, such as not having a traveling permit and finding an empty carriage, however I had the belief that we would eventually be able to overcome all these challenges.

Me and Dylan (who plays Mark) met at Cricklwood station the train took 15 minutes, within this time Dylan suggested that I should shoot a shot of him waiting for the train, it was brilliant idea as through this shot we were able to highlight he’s loneliness, this was also reinforced through the raining weather which gave this shot a more miserable and depressing atmosphere.
The train finally arrived and we knew before we got on the train that there should be an empty carriage (as people wont be fond of us filming then) I saw an empty carriage, but however I was wrong the carriage was filled with 3 passengers it was stupid mistake and it costed us a lot of time.
We had no choice we had to leave the train we got at the next stop which was West Hampstead, I felt that waiting for another train at the stop will just limit the amount of time and shots we could do as it will give us the time length of 2 stops instead of 3 stops.
I therefore made the decision to get the train on the opposite side heading towards the opposite direction, and shoot scene 6 (the journey home). It was a good idea as it will allow us to get a scene done, I felt that doing this we give us the time (from west to Cricklwood) to shoot the one shot in the scene and enable us to be at our original place of shooting (so we could eventually find an empty carriage) My plan worked the train came and we found an empty carriage we were therefore able to shoot the long shot in scene 6.

Once this was over we were back at our original shooting setting Criklewood. The train took approximately 5 minutes to come; I suggested to Dylan that we should get on the first carriage as there usually empty. The train eventually came before we get on we learnt from our mistake, we took a proper look at carriage 1 there’s was luck even though there were some people on the train there was a section full of seats which was literally empty. We got on the train. I tried opening the door of the empty section it was lucked for some reason, Dylan pointed out to the sign and it was in fact only for 1st class passengers. We had not prepared for this and it will be stupid to get of again. Therefore we had to be pragmatic instead of shooting him sitting down I had no choice but to shoot him standing up. We had to make a decision between choosing to shoot nothing or choosing to be pragmatic, I chose option B it was the most sensible decision.



This was a pragmatic shot we used when we were in location. Since the rain was taking its time Dylan (who plays Mark) advised me to take this shot. It beneficial for two reason, firstly he happens on a rainy day this creates a more gloomy and dull atmosphere which adds to the depressing and miserable life of Mark. Secondly it will enable me to extend the voice over (as I’m using another shot), it would advantageous as in the voice over the audiences are able to gain a deeper understanding of the character.



This was another pragmatic shot. As you can see in the storyboard, this shot (shot number 18) was meant to be a shot of Mark sitting down. Since the all carriages were full, and because of the lack of time we had no choice but to change our plan and shoot this shot standing up instead, we did this because Mark standing or sitting down will have no affect on the film or would change anything.