After editing and tidying up all the audio for a final shooting we were ready to go for it and film all our ideas for each conversation. I also created different sound files with different acoustics based on if the conversation sounded like a bigger room with a slight echo or if they were outside and the right format for Mark to take into the filming.
To help with the timings of our conversations I also created a small script with timings so Mark and me knew better when to speak and not for each audio piece. It helped a lot just as another visual aid of when to make the puppets speak in time.
We also got permission and equipment back in time for different locations and to do a full week of filming. To make sure what we were doing everyday and to keep us on target I created a little timetable so we knew that's what we were supposed to be doing and what equipment was needed everyday.
For the first shoot we did one based outside at the Tennis courts and made sure they were free so we had the whole area for angles and to be able to hide ourselves better. We did a certain conversation about sports days at school and thought this location would suite that.
We got Louise Mccusker to help us out again by helping us keep out of shot and to press record.
We tried out different angles and ways to make it not as direct as possible through the fence, bars and the tennis net. The lighting worked really well for us as well and was fine for how the puppets looked on film.
Somehow laying down to hide made performing easier on our arms.
It worked out really well performing outside when the weather is good and the assistance was a big help. We also went ahead and filmed some clips inside of Marks flat for a more domestic setting and the lighting still worked out from the windows. We arranged Mark's living room to to fit into the scene better and to hide us more easily.
Louise helped us out more by helping arrange our puppets and the blankets since we couldn't move away from each scene without disturbing the set up more.
We got a good few conversations filmed this way in one day which was great progress and worked out really well. On to the day two of shooting.
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