Thursday, 1 December 2011

Producing the Short Film: First Filming Session

Our first filming session took part in Abigails garage, one of our planned settings for the film. We decided to film the second narrative shots first as the setting was easily accessible and we only needed one actress for these shots. Also it was during a school week in mid winter, and as we wanted to film some other shots in day time it would be too dark to portray this after school hours, therefore waiting and doing this instead.
As planned we used the make-up and paint to create a bruise on her face, messed up her hair and ripped her tights to make it look like she had been in a struggle and got her to wear the decided costume. We also decided to film some of our Ident in this filming session, as we had the suitable equipment and setting.
Below are some images of production from this filming session.



After researching into films of the 'thriller' genre, one of the conventional techniques we came across was that a 'reaction shot'-close up of a characters face to portray their expression- is usually used at the start of a scene when something has suddenly changed within the plot. As this was a whole new narrative we wanted to use this technique in our work, opening on a reaction shot, to express the fear and surprise from the character to the situation. Below is an image of the production of the shot and some a take of it:

                                       

 Below are some video clips of what we recorded in this filming session. Some of which we plan to use in our film, and others that were 'takes' or practices, or generally not suitable.



Overall this was a sucessful filming session. We experimented with different types of lighting to ensure we had clear and atmospheric shots when we come to upload them into the editing package.

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