Audience research

This is my audience research which I sent to my friends on Facebook in order to fill out my survey monkey questionnaire and here above are some examples of what they said. 

Illustrate audience research findings using wordle

Last day of filming

The last day of filming commenced on the 10th of January where we first filmed in a science lab, though, we only did one shot, a side shot. We filmed that a couple of times because both the couple couldn't stop laughing and with the disappearing act, we kept on forgetting to tell the boy to stay still as we filmed him and move away. Later that day I went to Artiola's house in order to film the bedroom scene. We decided to have the room dimly lit and made sure to add some lighting to her face. We only did a medium shot of this where she was lying on her side facing the camera and looking as if she was crying, then we would turn onto her back and stare at the ceiling. We had to do this a couple of times because sometimes she would laugh, most times she would smile and look into the camera accidentally.

Fourth time of filming

It was the 6th of January and we decided to film my singing scene again though, this time at a drama studio which, was situated in my school. We fixed the lights to make sure there were no shadows on my body and we couldn't see Artiola's either, as she was filming me. We closed the black curtain behind me and played the song in the background on YouTube. We began with a long shot and filmed that a couple of times. The other shots we filmed were:

• Close ups
• Side shots
• Medium shots
• Low angle shots

We filmed all of those a couple of times because I either laughed or moved out of the shot when it was a close up. Also, the most important bit was that even if I was to forget my lyrics which, I had numerous of times, I was meant to keep on going because it would be easy to just cut the bad scenes out and put in the good singing scenes. 

Third time of filming

We filmed another park scene though, this time it was me sitting on a bench singing the lyrics of the song and playing the guitar. Since, the sun was setting there was a brilliant shot to take so, Artiola did a point of view shot as I was walking around in the grassy areas with the guitar. Then she did a long shot of me walking into the distance or into the sun until I disappeared in the shade. Then I was to sit on a bench and Artiola first got a long shot of me singing. Then we filmed it again and got a medium shot. Once we filmed those a couple of times we got a side shot. At times the music would stop and we would have to film all over again which did take a lot of time especially since it was getting darker and we needed the natural light. Then we decided to do close up shots, so I got a close up of my face and also, my lips.

Second time of filming

On the 27th of December we decided to film the house scene, which was situated at my house. My partner and I wanted to film in the snow but since, there wasn't any this year, we decided to film an argument scene at my house. I set up the camera and made a medium shot in front of the couple, so what the audience would see is the boy playing his Xbox while his girlfriend tried to show something to him. However, since he wasn't paying attention to her, she would storm off, so from a side shot I got my partner; Artiola to walk off. Then I set the camera up in the corridor because I wanted the audience to see Artiola storming off and as she did she would walk towards the camera, therefore, showing her emotion on her face which was upset. She then faced away from the camera to show she was upset and so, I did the same technique I did in the park where the boy lost the game, got frustrated so put his head in his hands, and we made him disappear again. We had to do plenty of these shots again and again especially when Artiola would walk towards the camera because she would always end up laughing.

First day of filming

On the first day, 23rd of December me and my partner and a friend of ours went to film at central park in order to film the park scenes. First of all we decided to film the scene where my partner and the boy sat on a swing and did a point of view shot. As they spun around they filmed themselves therefore, catching themselves laughing and having a great time together. The next scene we did was a walking scene, so I filmed a long shot of the couple walking further away from the camera, and then me and my partner decided to make the boy disappear so, I filmed them both standing still and then after 3 seconds I told him to walk off and then filmed my partner again standing still for another 3 seconds so the effect could work when I got the time to edit it. I filmed this scene a couple of times because sometimes my partner would end up moving. Then once everything was done she walked off without him to show that she was remembering her memories she had with her partner, since this video is about how she grieves for her lost boyfriend. The last scene we wanted to film was the couple taking pictures, so I did an over the shoulder shot where the camera could see the boy hugging the girl from behind and them taking pictures with each other on his phone.