In the days and weeks leading up to filming it was important to plan what days we would be filming, due to the fact we was using students from school this lead to us filming over a range of days either during free periods or after school. This did cause us a few problems as our lead actor couldn’t do some of the days we had planned however this lead to an increase in organisational skills as we had to plan filming dates in advance. When we finally came to filming we decided to start at the beginning and shot scene 1 and 2. There was a number of problems we had with these two scenes such as the alley way is positioned directly next to a primary school, when we came to film it was obvious that it was break time from the increased back ground noise. This was unwanted background noise that would create a problem as the time period was meant to be reflecting early morning. Another problem we had was the number of parents collecting their children from nursery, this lead to people constantly being in shot meaning we had a lot of waiting around to do. However this wasn’t the worst of our problems as when we returned back to look over our footage we noticed that no sound had been recorded, this was very frustrating however there was nothing we could do about it and we would just have to film again.
When we came to filming scenes 1 and 2 again we found that we had a better understanding of what we had to do and as a group be was much quicker and better organised than previously. After making the mistake of not having sound the first time this lead to us constantly checking the sounds levels from now on. This wasn’t the only problem we faced for example, when filming scene 1 we had to remove my dog from inside the house as all the movement lead to loud barking which we didn’t want. We also had to do a lot of waiting as there was a great deal of unwanted background noise such as trains, airplanes, cars and a removal lorry parked down the road. However in the time spent waiting we used it, as an opportunity to rehearse shots making sure Emily the director was happy with the shots and character movement within the frame. Rehearsing the shots was also helpful for Liam using the Camera to practice and see if he wanted to use zoom or was going to be panning. When filming scene 2 we quickly began to notice we was getting lens flare from the sun, this lead to use having to reposition the camera and use a reflector to block the sun. 
When filming the classroom scene we needed to use extras to make it look realistic, this lead to use having 4/5 extras in our class scenes. As a group we had to decide whether having this small amount of extra was enough and would portray a class of students, we quickly decided that it would be convincing as in sixth form you have smaller classes than normal. Being a classroom meant that we had to use props to decorate the room. As I had the role of Production Designer this was part of my job and it was my responsibility to make sure we had all the right props we would need for example, scene 8 in science I asked to borrow text books, work books, pencil cases, practical equipment such as liquids and test tubes. When filming in the alleyway for the second time we had a continuity problem with weather, our first scene in the alley way had been a sunny warm day however this day was on contrast and was rainy and cold. This lead to use having to be very careful with all the expensive equipment making sure it didn’t get wet, we placed an umbrella over the camera but had to be careful not to get the sounds of the rain hitting the umbrella. Even through the weather continuity was bad it wasn’t as noticeable when we came to edit.
After looking over our shots we noticed that had all off them created a sense that Lucieanne was the victim of all the bullying rather than her being a bully as well. This meant that when we filmed our finally scene we really wanted to enforce that Lucieanne was a bully herself. From the script and story board Emily had originally planned for Lucieanne to push a student on the floor however as a group we decided that this was a bit to violent so we changed it too having her push a student into the wall as she walked passed. For the scene in the Corridor we again had to change the location from Technology to English, this was because the technology corridor had too much background noise that we didn’t want.
As part of my job I was in charge of looking out for continuity, this was a massive skill that I developed during filming and editing. From our AS task I understood continuity however this year I developed my understanding in much more detail. For example it was important that when we was moving to a different shot that Bryony our main stayed in the same position or that we rewound the camera to see her positioning from the shot before. It was also important when we used extra that I was watching there movement to watch out for continuity, this was partially hard in some scenes such as the alleyway as it was a walking scene, which we had to do many takes for. As I group I feel we worked really well together we helped each other out when we could, and gave suggestions on ways we could improve a shot. For example different camera positions or having to alter the script slightly.
Below is a video taken during production looking at character LucieAnne's costume, hair and make up. We took this video so we woudnt have continuaty problems throughout the rest of our filming.
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