Filming 10th December 2009

Today we finished doing the motorbike scene. The idea of this scene is to be quick and action packed with a comical twist, much like a scene from Hot Fuzz, where Nicholas Angel visits a motorway service station. Angel buys some very average, simple items, but the scene is given an action spin which gives it a comical effect due to the quick pace and 'over-stereotypical' action angles. For our scene, we needed to cast someone as Valentine's sidekick, and for this we needed someone smaller than 5ft 10'' in order for our main character (Valentine) to have some sort of visual status over Smith (sidekick), so we used someone else in our class.

We filmed two shots, one with Valentine and Smith pulling up at the school on a motorcycle which was fine in one take, and another scene in which Valentine prepares himself and walks away, with Smith following him with embarassment. This was done in two takes because we weren't happy with when the shot was cut, it was best to leave the camera rolling after Smith left the shot which could then be cut back in editing, this gave is better flexibility when it came to edit, so the shot was done again.

R.K.