Progress Update-Filming (7th October 2012)

Today I filmed the shot of a clock going round, which I would turn into a time-lapse by speeding up said shot using editing software to make the clock hands look like they are turning faster than they actually are, making it seem take a long time has passed when, in reality, when edited , the scene will last only seconds. 

When filming this shot, there was an event taking place on location at the time, so I had to ensure that the camera was focussed solely on the clock and not on the faces of anybody else.

To create the time-lapse effect, I set the camera and tripod up at the back of the room, and zoomed in so that all the camera would see was the clock.  I then left the camera focussed on the same point for around an hour. (I could not film for any longer due to the camera’s battery power running out)

Overall, I think the shot went well, as, due to the fact that after recording started, no one touched the equipment, there was no camerashake. (This was a common problem among many of my previous shots). However, I fear that some of the attendees of the event may have accidentally walked into the cameras view, temporarily obscuring the camera’s view of the clock. This is something that I will check when further analyzing the footage using the editing software.