Filming our opening sequence

We filmed the majority of clips for our opening sequence in January 2009, we chose certain days because they were dates everybody we needed was available, and also because according to the weather reports, these days were ‘rainy and overcast’. Weather-wise, the days we filmed on were ideal because we wanted to create a pathetic fallacy in which the audience thought our protagonist was in danger, and to also let on foreboding thoughts to draw the audience's attention. The location for our filming is slightly out of town, in the grange woods. It was quite far from where we all lived, so we cycled there, of course, this was ideal because our bikes were vital props for our opening sequence. About a month after our original filming dates; after we had then received feedback from our classmates, we decided to return to the location, and collect new and improved shots, and also re-film shots that didn't come out as well as we had hoped for. We also later went to Simon’s house to collect clips we had decided to add in.

Before filming, we needed to establish who was acting and when. In our first scene, Alex was the only actor needed, this left the 3 remaining members of the group, crowded around the camera. Our second scene required Myself (Freddie), Alex, Simon, Sam, Alex M, and James. Ryan was also in parts of the clips towards the end, although, this didn't require much filming, and we also decided to remove these clips from our final production. This made Ryan the main director of this scene, as he wasn‘t acting. However, me, Alex and Simon contributed to filming whatever clips our acting wasn't required in.

- Freddie Meade