Problems with Filming

During the filming process we encountered various problems. The first and most substantial problem was finding that we were not able to shoot ob the DLR as we had intended. In order to overcome this, we found another location and worked out ways in which we could use it to the same effect.

We also encountered problems with sound. We were attempting to film some dialogue on London Bridge but it was extremely windy and many people were walking and talking around us. This level of ambient noise made it very difficult to get any clear dialogue. We decided to crop the shot a little and then get a directional microphone as close to the actors as possible, just out of frame. At first, we thought this had been effective but when we came to editing we realised the sound was still not good enough so we dubbed over it.

We had further complications with the location when we found that the location for the final scene of our piece had different lighting to when we'd recced it and a security guard was there telling us he didn't think we could film there. Thus we quickly made the decision to film somewhere more open and urban but which still provided an alleyway of sorts to give the scene its dark tone. We actually preferred the compromise that we made as we believe it fitted in better with the tone of the film.