Evaluation of filming. Thursday 22nd

Today we went filming. We knew that no one in our class was ready to do filming and me, Samira and Farzana wanted to be ahead of everyone, and just have the filming completed so after the holidays we can concentrate on editing our footage as that is our weakest point. The meeting we had the Saturday before in the idea store, everyone agreed that we will be free on the following Thursday as the majority of us have not got college and are on holidays. Tuesday was the last day of college so it was the last day we could book the camera and tripod out. Samira and Farzana waited for Miss Georgio while she gave them a camera. However, Miss said just to charge the camera and we should be fine, she also gave us a fresh tape. I was really excited about filming as we were actually doing it and were not in the long planning process anymore.The night before I called everyone just to remind them. Everything was still on track. However, a dress that one of the actresses was going to wear, someone else had it, and I asked her for it ever since but she did not give it. This made me feel really annoyed as I take my work very seriously and everything has to be perfect. I did not let this get me down and decided as a group that the actress should wear an alternative to that dress. 
This morning, our schedule was to wake up at 7am and leave the house by 8:30am so we would get to Westfield by 9:00am before it starts getting really busy. Clearly not everything goes according to plan and we was running late. So I called Ruhel, Samira and Farzana and told them to definitively be there by 9:30am. 

I took pictures of the actress before her make up was done. She will kill me for posting this up but I wanted to show the drastic transformation. 

This is Aysha who is the sporty girl in the opening of the film. I wanted to take many more pictures but my camera charger was lost, I was very annoyed as I searched high and low for it. 
Finally we left my house and made ways to Westfield. Samira and Farzana was already waiting for us outside the station, so we was just waiting on Ruhel now to arrive. 
While we was waiting for Ruhel, we thought we would use this time productively and go ask in Boots and Superdrugs if we can film there. We was not allowed as the manager was not there and we did not get permission. Nevertheless our spirits were still high as we would change the department store setting to the girls toilets. We went into Claires accessories and purchased three bracelets which are the same so the girls have that bond between them. 

At last Ruhel arrived. He was very unwell but still made the effort to come and film. I was very grateful so we just wanted to film Ruhels clip so he could go home and rest. 
At last, we got to filming as everyone was here. But to our groups dissapointment the camcorder which we booked out from college was not working. So we played around with it for a bit hoping it would switch on, but it didnt. So we went into carphone warehouse and asked if we could charge the camcorder in their socket. The manager was extremely friendly and said yes. So we waited for about half an hour but still no luck. Next door was Currys and PC World so we decided to go in there and get professional advice on what is wrong with tha camcorder. The sales assistant said that the camera was dropped and it would not work. This made me, Samira and Farzana feel angry as well very low. We did not want to break the news to the the actors and actresses as they was waiting a long time for us and agreed to do this out of the goodness of their hearts. They took the news very well, and were more upset for us as we were the ones who were overjoyed to be filming. We are going to plan another day of filming, when everyone is free once again. Most probably after the Christmas and new years shopping rush. 
Farzana will come into college and book out another camera, a working one this time! 
In conclusion, we learnt a lot from today. It was all about making mistakes so we would not repeat it a second time. Next time we film, we would know exactly what to do so everything will be running smoothly.