Changes in Location

During our first time filming, we were faced with a number of problems. Our group acknowledged that we had to be a lot more prepared for the second time filming the opening sequence. After a lot of discussion, we decided on how to make the shots better and also how to make the scene longer as well as help it flow better. We also went through all of the different changes that we had to make to our opening sequence based on our change of location. We also understood that the addition of a new character would also play a huge part in this.

The choosing of a new location was quite a difficult process for us. Our previous location ideas were too far away for the time that we had so instead we had to think of new ideas. This process was made easier through the knowledge that there were many forests nearby that we could use. 

We decided to change our location to the Lagan Towpath as we had easier access to it than the forest beside Bangor Abbey. We did not think that it was possible for our whole group to travel all the way back to re-film the opening sequence and also believed that there would be more time wasting due to the fact that we would have to spend a total of two hours travelling back and forth, to and from our location. The new location was easier for us to travel to as we all live relatively close to it and there would be a lot less time taken up through travelling. It is also a very suitable location as it appears very similar to our original location and filming there would have the same type of effect. It is all surrounded by tress as well as having a large field which almost gives our protagonist more room for running around before falling. We believe that through this the scene may even appear to look even better than the previously filmed sequence.

A huge problem with the need to re-film was that our actress was unable to act for us again and we therefore had to go to find a new actress that would be suitable for the role. This was very disappointing as she had helped us out a lot and had willingly took up a lot of her spare time travelling and filming with us. The idea of finding a new actress appeared to be incredibly difficult and the limited amount of time that we had made it even more concerning for us to be going to find someone new that would be willing to film for us. 

Luckily after asking around, a girl volunteered to play the role. We had found our actress and now were moving on to how else to improve the opening sequence. Our new actress goes to a drama club and enjoys acting. Our group all agreed that she would be suitable for this role based on her knowledge of acting and her enthusiasm to be a part of our mysterious to add depth to the scene and cause the audience to become more curious. We then had to go around and ask who would be willing to help us out and luckily we found our actor without taking up too much time.