Group Filming Day Three

Sunday 31st January 2010

Today was the day we planned to finish off the filming for the trailer.

We all met up at my house and began discussing the props, we spoke about the lighting outside because we was going to film the dead body scene aswell and we wanted the most beneficiallighting we could get.

We decided to film a few of the note finding scenes before going outside to use the powerful glare of the sun throught the window.

The first note was found through the letter box. We set up the camera up on the tripod and prepared for the wide shot, we positioned it at an angle to the front door which best benefited the effect we aimed for. The camera was positioned by the side of a plant, we decided to have a part of the plant in shot as well to add to the dark atmosphere, we focused on the plant and then focused on the post (pull focus). we also decided to use the dust in the air as another benefiting factor. the overall outcome was extremely creative.

Natalie N was posting the letters through the door, we filmed numerous different shot, wide shot of the hallway, close up of the letter box, close up of the floor underneath, wide shot of thegla walking into shot and picking up post.

In a number of these the note blew out of the pile, we used this to our advantage and took a number of close up shots, narrow depth of field etc in order to show the audience the notes. However the light became too strong so we decided to cover up the window with dark paper in order to eliminate some of the glare.

The next note was Thegla (Andrea) walking into the house, as she goes in her pocket to find the keys she finds a note, we again took a number of different camera shots, wide shot, over the shoulder, tracking shots close ups and reaction shots. With the tracking shot, in order to create a steady cam effect we dismantled the tripod pole and attached a clamp to it in order to gain weight at the bottom in order to equally weight out the camera. attached

The third note was found with Thegla sitting at the table about to do some work, she has her folder and laptop etc in front of her, with our added props like the pens and highlighters it looked very realistic. As she flicks through her folder she sees a post-it note stuck on one of the pages reading another word. For this shot in particular we decided to film from the side establishing where she is and what she was doing and then panning around to over the shoulder, in order for the audience to see the note at the same time as she does. For this shot we had a slight problem with the lighting it seemed very dark as we was shooting against a window again however we turned up the brightness of the camera and it fixed the problem substantially.

For the fourth note, we filmed Thegla walking in with shopping bags, tipping them out and a note being tucked in between one of the items of clothing. This was filmed as a wide shot, and then a zoom/pan of the note.

The last note we filmed in the house was the one she received via text, we chose a realistic acting with Thegla watching television when she receives a text, she simply picks it up to read it and it cuts, a fairly quick and easy scene to shoot. then when she receives the text a close up shot was filmed.

The day ran smoothly and the weather stayed dry, for the final part of our trailer we decided to film a dead body. Natalie M played the role of the dead body. We found a alley way with all sorts of rubbish and graffiti around it, it looked dark and dreary and with the advantage of the beutral density filter it looked even better. We filmed extreme close-ups, panning shots, wide shots and low shots, shots behind trees and branches and experimented with focusing.