Conveniently our main cast member, Tom, has a car and so we were able to get the filming done a lot quicker within the time frame we had due to the sun setting a lot earlier at this time of year. Once school had ended we made our way to Sam's house to allow our actor to get changed into costume and also film an important shot in the doorway of Shaun's house. We initially had the idea of getting sugar glass and using it to smash over an extras head, to give the act of violence a more realistic effect. However, due to budget and deadlines we were unable to order the sugar glass online for this shot. As an alternative we decided to use a real beer bottle and choreograph a violent movement of the bottle towards the criminal enforcers face, which would then transition to the next shot in the trailer. Since our extras were unavailable Sam volunteered to be the criminal enforcer since it was his house and he could get changed into costume to play the part. I started this filming session off by filming a low angle from behind Shaun, who's face to face with a criminal enforcer and reaches for a beer bottle to defend himself. The fact that the bottle is initially positioned on a shelf next to the door shows that Shaun does not want violence and is trying to distance himself from it but is prepared to defend himself if need be. James Scott followed this low angle shot with an over the shoulder shot of the assailant looking towards Shaun in the doorway. This shot consists of Shaun hitting the criminal enforcer over the head with a bottle of beer demonstrating how far Shaun will go to defend himself and what a few months on the street has taught him.
Once this shot was completed, which took a few attempts as Tom was unsure of how fast and hard we was supposed to swing the bottle at Sam, we then changed location to a cemetery in Hale where Shaun was visiting the grave of his recently deceased mother. This took a while to find as Tom was unaware of where the cemetery was at first but with mine and James's guidance we finally arrived just as it was about to get dark. This sort of worked in our favour as it gave a more grim and dull looking aesthetic ,which helps to convey Shaun's grief and sadness in this scene as well as connote feelings of sympathy from the audience. We thought it best to use a grave that was related to one of us to make be more respectable and not film a random persons dead relatives grave, so I suggested we use my great grandmothers grave with the permission of my family. The first shot we filmed was done by Sam, which was a wide shot of Shaun walking to his mothers grave, showing all the surrounding graves. This was done to show the theme of death that has recently surrounded his life and also allow for some foreshadowing to show where Shaun could end up. This was followed by Sam filming a low angle, close up shot of Shaun's face to show the sadness of losing his mother, one of the people closest to him. This helps show a softer side to the character and that he is not completely a bad person. 
Lastly, Sam filmed a close up shot of the rose rested on his mothers grave, that allows us to see a slightly blurred background of the rest of the cemetery and Shaun walking away with his hood up until he is out of view behind the rose. This red rose helps to connote the common theme of blood and death in British Film Dramas. The rose also helps to signify romance and hints at it being extremely significant to the narrative path of the film.
Since our Filming is complete we will now begin editing and adding in transitions, filters and sound effects to improve the quality of our trailer and meet its purpose of getting people interested and hyped for the film.
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