We arrived on time, and very coldly. Unfortunately it had previously rained and we
forgot to store some wood so starting the fire with essentials such as paper and matches.
After about 3 hours, the fire had gotten to the point of being relatively substantial. We decided
to go ahead and shoot, so we threw newspaper on the fire just before each shot to increase
its brightness.
Then came the flaming guitar sequence. The worked very well. The original idea was
more complex, but we were unable to convince the more safety-concious adults to Sam's idea,
so instead of dropping the burning guitar, we would simply place the fire on the fire.
Nevertheless, we got a really cool visual of the guitar on fire which Sam enhanced in post
with CG fire.
At the end of the day, we had got most of the coverage, although possibly because Hannah and
Anica were unable to come and help, we forgot to film some aspects of our plan (for example,
footage of Coral and Crystal filming each other on the camcorder by the side of the fire).
However, in the edit, Sam found that there would probably not be the time in the final cut
anyway to include much more material. There was also a roasted giant marshmellow that I
bought along and we decided to film some of it.
