Shot 8

For our photograph shots, we decided to do the first one as a group shot in school uniforms, as if the characters are surrounded by their friends. It was meant to be informal and messy, and we got a lovely sunny day to get the photo. I also took a few seconds of footage to use in the film as the camera passes over the photograph. 

Then, using Final Cut Pro, we edited the footage to get the 'dreamlike' quality we want. This included editing the colours to give them a soft, golden quality, and adding a slight blur, as if it was a near distant memory. The exposure was slightly lowered so that the glare of anything white was easier on the eyes. We then saved these edits as a 'template' so we can drop them over any footage we need. The footage we edited was also cut considerably, as we only need a few seconds of it. 

We still have to slow it down and edit in gentle instrumental music. 

In order to have time to print off the photos we need, we plan on having all the photographs we need from shots 10 and 12, as well as the additional photos of Ríbh, gathered by this Friday, and send off to have them printed on the Saturday. If we leave it any longer, we would be cutting it too close to the day of filming we need them, which is the 17th of March.