Filming- redcar beach

To shoot scenes 8, 9 and 10 of "Finding Rosamund" we travelled to red car beach. I was involved in scene 9 which involves the girl and "Rosamund" playing tag on the beach before running into the water. So my responsibility for this shoot was to portray "Rosamund" (my character) to the best of my ability and to listen to what the director wanted. I remained focused during the shoot and tried to portray my interpretation of the character, I did this by putting myself into her shoes during the shoots e.g imagining what she might be feeling and behaving in this manner using my own memories of playing with my sisters (she would be excited therefore I tried to act energetic and happy). As there are various camera angles we had to do the same movement (part of the scene) numerous times, yet each time the camera would be situated in a different area, this means they can switch between positions and angles during the scene. This was interesting because each time we did this the starting and finishing positions would change, this meant we had to remember exact positions. Frame sizes also affected our performance as we had to remember not to run out of shot, this meant we had to run slightly closer together than usual in some shots (in a way this is "cheating a shot"), as well as this we were given certain points in which we needed to start running as the camera operator needs to know when to be ready e.g pieces of seaweed or rocks. These factors meant we had to shoot some shots a few times as on a few occasions I ran too soon or too late. The shoot also encountered other issues, these included:

• Dogs barking or swimming in the sea- various shots had to be re-shot as dogs barked in the background, or they ran into shot
• Passers by walking into shot- some shots had to be delayed slightly as people were about to walk into shot
• Background noise- This consisted of barking, talking or just general noise during filming
• Tide going out- As the tide was going out we couldn't take too long as otherwise the continuity would be affected

Overall the shoot was fairly successful and enjoyable, although it was very cold and wet!. The media crew managed to find a good location (a quiet part of the beach) and they managed to film all of the shots needed. However problems were encountered and it did become quite tiring as there was alot of running involved, this is just a part of filming though so you just carry on!. I think looking back at the shoot I could have improved certain aspects of my movements and facial expresion e.g I may have been leaning slightly when running and blinking a little too much, but I suppose I won't really know until we watch the shots. For the Next shoot I will think about my movement and facial expression.

A part of redcar beach close to where we were filming