Shooting Disaster!

On Wednesday 10th October I had scheduled to film a large portion of my programme, the murder - which is the main drive and conflict of the sequence; however I was not able to do this due to my lack of planning. Everything was fine: my cast and crew was there, I had collected the camera equipment and had set up, but what I lacked was access of the setting, which was a park.

Originally when I was location scouting I had visited a nearby park to school (walking-distance) at about 1pm where I saw that the park was completely empty and a perfect place to film. In terms of my sequence it had a variety of classic equipment like swings, slides, round-a-bouts etc, as well as novelties of trampolines and climbing equipment. All of these play equipment seemed great fit for my show because it was be an eerie contrast to someone being murdered, especially as the characters are originally reminiscing about their memories their. The park itself was cramped with all sorts of toys, and nearby there were settings of grass/fields and houses, which really sets the scene for a familiar (childhood) setting, which would have been perfect. As well as this as one of the characters get murdered, their body was going to be dumped next to a swimming pool (another setting located next to the park) which meant that I couldn't film that scene either. Here are some photos I took that day on where I had planned to film:

This scene is dialogue heavy as the characters talk about their memories at that park and in their childhoods together which lead to the talk about her mother which triggers the main character to get angry at her friend. I had story-boarded them to be sitting on this mound over looking the park as they chat together, the camera would move from wide shots of their backs to medium front of views of their faces and close ups etc. The scene front the back would look quite nice as you can see both the park and the silhouettes of the characters and the leaves.

The photos of the 'swimming pool' would be used for when the friend has been killed and is leaving a trail of blood behind her as she is being dragged. The last shot (or first shot of the show) would be of her lying next to the pool, with her arm flopped over the side, which transitions into a graphic match to some dead flowers located in the therapists room.

Shooting Day 
- I collected the camera gear which include the camera, a tripod and a boom mic
- My actors, my crew and I met up and we set off to film
- We walked to the park (as it isn't that far away)

When we got their it was completed different from when I location scouted. Now, it was full of children. My mind was blown, there were children at the park. When i originally went there I went when most kids would be at school, therefore it was complete empty. However because i went after school this time it was full with kids. As there were two parts to the park, the playground part and the swimming pool part, I did attempt to film some shots. I was able to get one good shot, however i may have to scrap it as the consistency to my other shots would be different. When filming the children got curious as to what we were filming, which meant they were stopping us from filming. So i had to pack up, for the sake of both my actors and for the safety of the equipment, and will have to reschedule for another day (either a different day or a different location). Here are some photos I had taken that day: