We decided that we would start filimg early so that we can finish our editing and filming by Easter holidays so that we can spend more time on our blogs. We decided to meet up at the chosen location, outside Ali's dads house in Ponder's end. The date was the 13th of March and we all got to the location around 6. We were all so excited as the planning we had done had built up alot of adrenaline for us and we wanted to know what all the scenes that we had pictured in our heads would look like on camera. We had all decided that we would read through the planning and script beforehand, so that when we each arrived there we knew what we were doing. We were able to get a range of different shots, and also to understand the camera better and why some shots worked and why some didnt. As we didnt have a tripod, we had to improvise and we used a technique that Mr.Sim (one of my As media teachers) had shown us the day before which was to support the camera by making a weird "L" shape with our arms. However uncomfortable it was being a human tripod, it did work and we were able to capture some good shots.
A problem that we faced that day was lighting, it got dark quite quickly, faster than we had expected and we had to use alternative lighting were possible, such as camera flashes and street lights and van headlights.
The first shot that we filmed was the shot of the two mental men checking inside a black bag to make sure that all the tools they need are all there. The first three shots were repeated several times, at several different angles so that we could communicate to the audience the shot that we had planned, and to make them feel the way they were intended to feel after watchng these shots. Ali and Usman filmed these shots, and I think that they were done well and did portray the effect we wanted. Later we started filming the shots of me walking out of the apartments talking in a foreign language. We tried a variety of shots such as a tracking shot following her feet, and a pan shot of her walking and looking scared.We are thinking about putting subtitles on this part of the scene, but we will have to wait till we edit to see whether subtitles will be neccessary.
A problem that we faced that day was lighting, it got dark quite quickly, faster than we had expected and we had to use alternative lighting were possible, such as camera flashes and street lights and van headlights.
The first shot that we filmed was the shot of the two mental men checking inside a black bag to make sure that all the tools they need are all there. The first three shots were repeated several times, at several different angles so that we could communicate to the audience the shot that we had planned, and to make them feel the way they were intended to feel after watchng these shots. Ali and Usman filmed these shots, and I think that they were done well and did portray the effect we wanted. Later we started filming the shots of me walking out of the apartments talking in a foreign language. We tried a variety of shots such as a tracking shot following her feet, and a pan shot of her walking and looking scared.We are thinking about putting subtitles on this part of the scene, but we will have to wait till we edit to see whether subtitles will be neccessary.
Daniel also filmed ali putting on a balaclava which I think was really good as it was setting the scene for the audience and also making them aware of what is about to happen. I took a picture of Ali putting on the balaclava to indicate the effecte that the shot had on the audience.
The scene of the men grabbing me and throwing me in the van was quite interesting as I had underestimated how hard it was not to laugh when trying to act out a very serious role. In some of the shots of the men grabbing me, I tried to scream but gradually it faded into laughter. This wasn't all that significant as we were going to edit these parts out anyway. This scene was done using a hand held camera to add to the realism of the shot and make the audience more involved by feeling terrified for the character.
Unfortunately though, straight after the filming of this shot the camera died and so we had a group discussion as to when we should next film and what we should film.
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