The morning of the shoot day and the sun was shining which was perfect and would create the morning light we needed and want in order to light up the hallway and the tent.
The day before our shoot began i collecting some tin cans such as bake bin cans and energy drinks so that we could place them around the tent to show he has been hiding for a while now.
Before we could start shooting we had to set up the tent and attach the strings with the different cans on them, we had to bear in mind that the boarding house we were using had some workers such as cleaners in it so we made sure that the hallway was still assessable for them. To do this we used one corner of the hallway and attached the strings there and focused the string shots in that corner.
Also before we started shooting we had to move the 3 sofas to other rooms to make the hal way assessable for the tent to be set up.
We also decided to board up the windows because this suggested that character is hiding from something outside. We didnt intent to do this because we needed the morning light effect, but to incorporate this into our work made some holded in the boarded wood and left a few gaps where the morning sun light could beam through. This was effective because it created different shaded on the tent and around the room. I feel that we managed to create the set to which met up to the groups expectations.
The group took different roles to set up; myself and gil set up the tent and attached the strings which mima cut. Owen prepared the cans and also helped attached the cans to the strings. We each took turn in being the camera man and directing each of the different shots. We also took turns in doing the lighting by holding a portable light at an angle to great extra light when the sun started going down and we also held the sound poof so that we could capture the sound we needed such as the door handle turning and the rummaging in the tent.
we used red heads and blondes to create the extra lighting.
I think that i was good at giving more possible ideas and ways which could improve the following shots we were discussing. Also i feel that i was good at the opening shots when we followed the strings.
On the shoot day at the beginning before we started shooting the shots we noticed there was too much light coming in through the windows, to solve this we boarded parts of the windows up with wooden board, black bin bag and tracing paper. Also when we filmed the shots inside the tents it was fiddly because we had to have the tripod standing over Adam (the main character) and this allowed us to get the shots of when he opening his eyes and went back to sleep. However, when we tried shooting the shots when he sat up the camera was too big for the tent and didn't work. To solve this we cut a hole in the back of the tent, which allowed us to shoot an over the shoulder shot of Adam sitting up and getting out of the tent.
I think that the beginning of the shoot was the most successful because when we filmed the shots it was really abstract and 3D t see all the strings overlapping each other at different angles. It also doesn't give away that the tent is in a hallway which is effective. I also feel that the shots when the door handle was moving was very eerie and creepy which makes the thriller more tense.
personally i feel that we could have done some more shots to ensure that when it comes to editing we have everything that we need to create a good finishing piece.
I am looking forward to seeing the way we edit the different string shots together, which also include the credits because i feel we can experiment with using different jumpy effects which would make our thriller more eye catching.
I feel that our production group worked well together and when we taking turn being on the camera the others listened and were helpful to each other. I learn't that if you take one shot from one position that you try and take all the other shots from that position this is because on a real film set the camera is to big to move it all the time.
No comments:
Post a Comment