Shooting blog

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Friday 18th first day of film
This was day one a scene one of filming. Went well and it was a nice day where the sun shone upon the actors within this frame. This followed the storyboards partly, the area and placing of the actors are there however, the style of moving the camera was changed as I am unable to hold the camera steady and so we need a gimbal.
As seen in both screenshots the day was a very good day to film on as the natural light was reflecting off the canal side and the white building in front of the two actors, creating a very clear and lit image for which to film in. However the dialogue in the shot was never going to be used in the first place but in the event that it was required it wouldn't be able to be used, although the lighting was great it was windy to the point that the cameras mic was picking it up to the point where editing wouldn't be able to remove it. This means that in post production it will need to be changed, in particular a voice overlay (having the actor talk into a mic and having it match with the actors mouth.


Saturday 19th second day of film
Although the natural light was visually appealing it was also so empowering that using stage lighting wasn't remotely noticeable, therefore they weren't implemented in the shots.
This lot of shots were created within my house, therefore all conditions were set by me resulting in the footage and environment being set up correctly for the shot.
The camera was free hand for the majority of the shots this is because although there is shake it is a dark shakey time within the film and so the little tremors as the camera slightly tilts are effective in it's way of creating an eerie scene. Sounds weren't an issue as there is little noise from elsewhere within the block resulting in a quiet flat to shoot the shots in. There was however issues with setting the lights up, the shots within the rooms were difficult to set up with the lights as there was little room for the tripod to stand, this meant that there was scenes where lighting panels were held by a friend to get the right lighting.