Filming on the Move

For some of the filler shots, I felt that rather than scrape anything we could at the locations we'd decided to shoot at, I would try to collect some on the way home. My iPhone4 camera is pretty good quality and this gave me the chance to find things that I liked rather than be restricted to whatever was available on film sets.

On two occasions I filmed footage. The first was walking up my hill, and when I looked up at the sky, it was late afternoon and cloudy. It was beautiful and with the camera shadowing the trees and houses, it was ideal for a filler shot.

The other time was again walking home, but up another route. There are a line of houses with roses in their front gardens and so, while walking up, I stopped every couple of times and filmed a few seconds of footage of a white rose or orange berries, or snowdrops blowing in the wind. Having these little extras just gave us a little more of a range when editing and deciding what to use for filler shots.