Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Day 1 filming

We have all agreed to meet on the 27/10/09 at the first location of our filming, which is the isolated street near the school. We have gathered all our props such as the costume of the main character, the posters in the background, the dolly, the tripod, a Sony HVE A1E with a microphone. This was then ticked of our checklist and ensured us to start filming quicker. We have then proceeded by sticking the posters on the wall, at the idea of the posters we thought it wouldn't suit the setting as it is isolated, however, it had worked very well and came up on the screen very clearly. The day was rainy and gloomy, this had a great effect on the film as it reflects on the characters mood and behaviour. We tried to catch the shots from many different angles in order to get a different variety of shots which can ensure us to find the best shot to include in our film.

We then decided to move on to our next location, when the main character enters the workplace. This location was located in the back entrance of our school, this had an ideal work style effect, with the brick wall and the glass doors, the glass doors gave us a chance to put our poster which will still continue to give a natural effect. We have successfully used a panning shot, however later, we were worried that the glass door might reflect our reflection on, not just the character.

We then filmed the opening scene of the character in the office,we have needed further props which was the clock, posters, desktop equipment. This was very easy to find, as there were these equipments lying around the school. One of our biggest problem was that the room we were meant to use for the office scene was currently under construction, however, there were similar rooms around the school. One of which was a room in the media suite which had the equipment laid out giving it a more natural feel, another advantage of the room was that it's small which gave a catastrophic and awkward feeling towards the audience. We've had many problems filming the scene as the location was in a small room, therefore limiting our shots of camera. we've managed to shoot half of the office scene up to the part when he is about to leave to get some snacks, however,our time for filming was up and we called it a day.

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