Changes

Over the course of carrying out the blog, I made a few changes to the blogs for multiple reasons. This post outlines some of the changes and why I made them.

I planned to base my theme around a murder taken place in the woods of Hockley. Situations changed however and my friend was unable to participate in my opening which meant I had to think of someone else to be in my media film. Another problem I encountered was the story itself. One of the props I planned to use was a wheelbarrow. After planning my story, I realised that getting the wheelbarrow to my location wasn't going to be a possibility due to the fact the wheelbarrow was far to big to fit in the car. This meant I had to re-draft my story as my desired story line wasn't going to be an option.

Original Location

Later on I found it would be better to use a different woods as it was closer to the road so I could get there quicker. There was also less tree cover so there was more lit than Hockely woods. This meant I would be able to film there at a later time than I could of in Hockley woods.

New Location

After visiting both the locations, I found that Grove woods had a lot less roots and leaves on the floor, this was good as it meant it would be safer to run, which I mentioned in my risk assessment.




As you can see in the new location, it has better access to the road and an open sky which made it easier to get enough light to be able to film. This meant I had the opportunity to bring props which I would have previously not been able to use. This opened more filming ideas that I could think about.

Due to being busy a few days during my holiday, I had to delay some filming days which meant I had to also set editing back a few days. Thankfully this didn't cause an issue for me.

These were the only changes I made during the filming process as everything else went to plan.