4.2 Filming Diary / Equipment

Filming Diary 

Day 1

On the first day of filming we started by heading straight to the train station to start filming the main section of the film, the trains and the train station. We started by getting the inside of the station where people pay for tickets, with the train stations permission of course, and whoever was in the shot. Then we progressed from platform to platform each time trying to get different shots of the platforms and the trains, they consisted of pans, wide pans, single shots as well as the occasional dutch tilt, which in the end we didn't use as they didn't match the codes and conventions, and the shot were not the best quality. Then after around 2 hours in train station, we decided we had enough shots and proceeded to the Tame Valley wetlands. In this location we decided to grab some countryside footage, so lakes and lots of plants. The shots we used for this were mainly the same but we used more still shots so we can capture the beauty of the countryside.  Now before we started filming we only thought we needed one day to gather up all of the footage. That wasn't the case as we only had around a third of the footage. 

Day 2

Around a week later we met up again and after reviewing the footage we had on Filming Day 1, We found we needed way more shots of trains as we had some that were too similar. Also we found we needed to go into the town of Tamworth and get footage of  towns most well known places, like st Edithas church, the shopping centre middle entry, and The statue of Sir Robert Peel. Like on the first day, we went back to the train station to try and get some different shots. We tried many different ways of getting shots like going far away from the platform, closer to the platform, even tired using different tripods to get the best shots. We then Went into Tamworth to capture some of the famous aspects, When we were there we also captured shots of the Tamworth market as footage that we could use if we needed it. Overall when we were filming, we decided to get way more footage than we needed as it is better as some of the footage we already have might be unusable.                     

Day 3                                                                                                                       

On day 3, we had no specific place to go and film. On this day we needed to finish up and get some last minute shots, so we started at Ventura park, knowing that the traffic would be a nightmare, we recorded some of that, to show one of the points that he HS2 would be a positive in reducing traffic in areas. Then we got some shots near the snow dome and the lake there as we felt we needed a few more shots, that didn't consist of trains and buildings. 

Independent Filming

After the Third day of filming i found that something was missing, and remembered there being a Stop HS2 house just 15 minutes away from my house, So from there i gathered some shots of the house and the posters outside. Also as a few bonus shots i captured the A5 and cars going up and down roads to also go with what we filmed in Ventura on Day 3.


Equipment 

For the filming of our media we used different pieces of equipment and without these the product would have never been completed. 

- HD Camera - Is used to film all what we have filmed. 
- Tripod - to help position the camera at different levels of height and different angles 
- Phone Cameras - We used these for when we wanted to get detailed shots and more colourful shots, then we used these for the screenshots and pictures we used for the Print artefacts.