Live Flower

I have more footage than this from the start, the files are way to big to upload to this site, so i have edited a little example:

 My live footage flowers

This was definitely the hardest part of my project, as it took over a month to film; I had a lot of problems while filming. Firstly I had to choose an ideal place to keep the flower pot, as it needed to be near the sun so that it would continue to get enough natural sunlight to help it grow. The location had to be easy to get around and accessible from all angles. This was necessary and vital if the plant was going to stay alive. I am not a natural gardener so this was quite a challenge. The plant still needed food and water to help it grow. I was able to keep watering it and filming the flower easily.

I planted the seeds in an electric propagator to help them start growing faster and germinate quickly. I used plenty of plant food, such as miracle grow and a root stimulant to strengthen the roots., I had to force photosymphasis on the plants to help them to grow faster than usual so I could achieve the footage I wanted in the amount of time we had left. The lights had to be left on at all times whilst filming as to give a continual effect on film and to help force photosymphasis.

I kept the camera filming continuously so that I would have some really nice footage of a flower growing in one full sequence, this worked rather well at the beginning and I had some really powerful footage, however as the flower continued to grow I had problems with the background of the plant. The plant started growing too high and too fast. It continued to grow until it became too big and way out of camera shot. This meant that if I had continued to film then it would have been two different styles of live footage.

In conclusion I did end up with some very good footage of the growing plant and also some really bad footage that couldn’t be used. I have learnt for the next time I attempt this technique, to do more tests and research into flowers. I will only film those types of flowers / plants that won’t grow too high for the pot. The live footage filmed for the sky works very well and I am happy I decided to include the sky footage.