We changed our original plan of going up to early at 5:21 because of the cost it would be to get up there at peak-time. We changed instead to go at 9:12 and it worked out a lot cheaper.
We followed all of the shots we planned on our call sheet but many of the best shots were filmed through guerrilla style and were spontaneous.
We filmed for most of the day at the Southbank skate park because the shots looked so beautiful and perfect for how we wanted it. When we go to the skate park we realised that it was quite dark because of the concrete roof above it. We found that at the back there we gaps in the ceiling that let the sunlight shine through so we gravitated towards these areas.
We wanted to go up early in case there were a lot of the skaters that would prohibit us from filming. However, there were only young kids skating so when we walked down to the place where the light was shining through the ceiling they moved out of our way and left us to it.
We were also worried about our dancers not being brave enough to enthusiastically dance while we recorded them. We chose some great people to do it because they were very enthusiastic and Amy was fairly shy but overall they went full out with their dancing.
After we finished at Southbank we went to the toilets in Camden market. The stairwells were public so we had to be quick when filming so that other people didn't get into the shot. Every time the stairwell was free we would quickly get our actors to dance up and down them. When filming in front of the graffiti in the toilets we made sure to keep out of the other people's way and occasionally people would film us filming, fortunately our actor's did not get distracted by this.
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