Oxford Street

Oh god what hell that was. It was actually so difficult to shoot in Oxford Street there were SOOOOOOOO many people.

We found a cafe called 'Cafe Fred' on Argyle Street which is right next to Oxford Circus. The waiters were quite annoyed we were shooting there as we didn't really ask for permission as we were just using their outside tables. They forced us to buy something so between the 3 of us we bought 1 chocolate croissant at the reasonble price of £1.95!!!!!

Anyway, here we were really frustrated because so many people wanted pictures of the gorilla. It was so annoying. Furthermore, when we were shooting there were hundreds of people walking past and it was so hard to get any shot that we could actually use without it beind ruined by passers by. These two factors ment we were at the cafe about an hour longer than we should of been.

However, we got some great footage from it. We got the entire introduction shot and followed our strict shoot list to get what we needed.

Shot List

- lots of close ups of banana and body parts walking through the crowd
- shot following the banana walking through the crowd
- shot of a concealed and hairy figure reading a menu with 'cafe fred' on the front
- banana creeping forward, obviously seeing the gorilla
- long shot of the gorilla sitting at the cafe table reading the menu
- close up of the gorilla's menu as he peers over the top
- POV shot of the gorilla seeing the banana staring at him in horrow
- close up of the banana's terrified expression
- mid shot of the gorilla closing the menu and slamming it on the table
- close up of the banana's expression again and he starts to run
- shot of the gorilla rising from the chair and persuing the gorilla through the crowds

Looking back at it on the camera, everything looks really good and when we edit it together it should look awsome. I'm excited!!!!!