My partner Grace and I are both very new to the media: we just started uni in July. So, naturally, we don’t have much experience with cameras, settings, tripods, and the production process in common. This first day of filming has become a real adventure and an exciting challenge, in which, I believe, we succeeded.

As mentioned in previous posts, one of our locations was St Kilda Beach, where we planned to film all “fabric scenes” and “mirror scenes”. Although beautiful, this location gave us several issues to worry about, in particular, inability to use artificial lighting and constant presence of people. We killed two birds with one stone and decided to go there early in the morning when there are no people and the light of the dawning sun is in bloom. We arrived there art around 5:30 am and started filming immediately. That day, Grace was modelling/acting, and I took over the camera. I would like to thank Grace for her amazing patience and professionalism: she never complained or whined or said anything negative about the process at all, and was an outstanding model. If I will ever be in need of a model again, I will definitely ask Grace.  As for the production, I have to say, the lighting was better than we could’ve ever hope: it was magical! Although, people started to appear disturbingly early and by 8 am it was really difficult to film because of the never-ending wave of cyclists and dog walkers. Honestly, I was shocked by amount of joggers and cyclists so early in the morning. I know it’s healthy and etc., but at what cost?!

All in all, the filming went really well and we were done by 9 am. It was an incredible experience and we were both satisfied with what we’ve done. Hoping to keep up the good work!