Final Round of Filming

To get the final shots we needed we headed into Brighton town centre to film 2 different scenes. These will show the app in use in a web environment and showcase its ability to record looped animated profile pictures. For the web portion we decided to film in a quiet area of a Starbucks, as it provides an international connotation of a trendy urban environment the is becoming synonymous with Airbnb. We had our extra (Jess) sit down and open a laptop with the Airbnb site which will cut to an animation as with the rest of the feature displays. As Gina were both not in the scene, we filmed from 2 angles simultaneously in order to avoid any positioning errors when cutting between shots.

The next scene we filmed was the part showing the use of the profile picture recording feature. As a location we chose the Pavilion Gardens as its a famous local landmark without being too obvious. Gina was cast as the person using the app while Jess was roped in to be a B cam, in case I missed anything. Because it would be another outdoor scene we took the same precautions as before to avoid screen reflections to ensure an accurate track.

In the end it was a successful and productive day of shooting and everything was wrapped up much sooner than expected with each take being done a few times to get a backup. I think this was mostly down to the fact that it was the 3rd time we were filming with practically the same intent each time.