Production: Part 2

Filming the performance scenes

When filming our performance scenes at Norden Farm, we already knew we would be very pressed for time. So, we made sure all of the children were there early, as well as being early ourselves so we could go in and set up as soon as possible. We also brought sweets with us and took regular breaks to make sure the kids didn't get tired. Luckily, were brought water halfway through filming because the kids got really hot dancing around under the lights for so long. 

We managed to get through a majority of our planned shots by filming two at a time; as we had two cameras. We also did close up shots of some of the instruments e.g. the base drum while the children were having a break, as we didn't need the children in these shots. We were very worried when filming that we would not end up with enough footage in the time that we had, as we would not be able to reshoot (getting this time to film was difficult enough) unlike with our narrative scenes which we could easily reshoot at any time.