Because we wanted a setting as realistic is possible so we tried our best to recieve permission to use a local social club in Cullercoats however this didn't work out. Instead, we went to a friends house to film as this was more convinent for all of our cast and we could stay to film for as long as we needed to.
We encountered a few problems on the day of the filming. One female band member dropped out the day before which gave us time to find a replacement but three people dropped out on the day. We were worried that the script would have to be altered so much at such short notice that it wouldn’t work out, however the six people that did turn up were fantastic at improvising and me and Beth were forced to play a part on screen, which we enjoyed. This gave us less control over what characters said but this made our mockumentary more realistic. Some of the best footage we got wasn’t in the scriped but was able to be woven into our basic storyline and added in. To fill in some time we also left the camera rolling between scenes when the actors were talking among themselves about random topics. This also made our mockumentary have a greater sense of realism.
The footage took us two and a half hours to shoot after school. It was more convenient for me and Beth, as well as the other members of the cast to get the material filmed all in one go. It meant that we would have less trouble with continuity problems, in terms of costume, props etc and it was the only time we could get everyone together on the same day.
All together we managed to shoot nearly 15 minutes worth of footage ready to edit. As the majority of our filming was improvised with just a set beginning and end we didn’t do many re takes when mistakes were made, meaning we should have enough material to put in to the short 5 minute film.
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