Location Filming

The majority of our filming takes place in the same indoor location, however to film the cliche romantic shots we had to travel to numerous different outdoor locations. This created several new difficulties that we had not previously had problems with, the most significant of which being the inconsistent lighting. To remedy this lighting issue we used a different camera filter called "retro" for all of the outdoor shots, which meant the natural change in light was not a problem and it created a warm atmosphere which further supports our attempt to present the shots as romantic.

One location for a few shots was a small bridge we found in a nearby village. We had not originally planned to film here, but when passing we thought it would be a really effective shot, largely because the small size of the bridge over a stream works well to support the novel and humorous concept idea. 

We thought a good romantic shot would be a picnic in an orchard. To create this we used a T-towel as a picnic blanket, which we found to be very effective, and to further build an aspect of humour the picnic food was a mixture of conventional foods such as bagels, and slightly stranger foods like Heinz Big Soup.

We also filmed with the fruit in a children's park, which again worked to build upon the humour and make the characters more likeable. However, we found there were risks with this, as the fruit being thrown around so much meant it got considerably damaged. 

When getting to certain areas to film, we found we had to traverse particularly difficult terrain, made difficult by the weather. From this we learnt that when planning the filming of outdoors shots, we should first check the weather, and then ensure we were in the right attire.