16/09/11 - First set of shots

These are some of the photographs that we took of each other using the filming equipment. To enable us all to feel capable of using the camera fairly easily, we all took equal turns filming various shots and directing Georgi. Doing these practise shots allowed us to really understand the different elements that go into filming, and meant that many of our ideas could be tried and tested to see if they could work.

As our actress ran past the camera, it became clear that lighting would become an issue. We were shooting during the daytime, and so the natural lighting provided by the sun resulted in the video clip being too light. We understood that this was an issue, and so we thought of ways in which we could avoid this problem.

After thinking of ways that we could overcome the lighting problem, we decided to use one of the effects provided on the camera. It added a light blue tint onto video clip, giving the impression that it was filmed later on in the evening. Despite it adding a nightime effect which we would like to recreate ourselves, it did not solve the issue of her appearing almost ghostly because of the amount of light.

 

We decided to film her walking along a trail in our chosen location, hoping that we would be able to direct her to look defenceless while on her own. She huddled in on herself, wrapping her arms around her sides so that she would appear cold, also adding to the sense of vulnerability.

Again, we filmed her walking along the trail, but instead of walking towards and past the camera, we shot her from behind as she walked away. We thought that this could be a good clip to use during the trailer, to show her journey home from the party. When we come to the editing stage, we would reduce the length of the clip, as we feel 10 seconds may be too long.

  

Deciding to change her situation from walking home to running, we filmed her looking behind her as her speed increased. We had hoped that this would create suspense, prompting the audience to wonder why she suddenly feels as though she is being watched or followed. Her shoes prevented her from running quickly, but we felt that we liked that it hindered her, as it reinforced the idea of her being weak.

  

We thought about filming her from below her chin while she pretended to walk along, using a close up to show her facial expressions clearly. As we were filming her, we asked her to appear as though she was bored and unaware of her surroundings.

Filming a close up of her shoes as she walked was something we thought of after watching a few film trailers ourselves. It was a shot we saw used often, to show a passing of time on a journey. We decided to film her for a fairly long time, so that we could select the part of the clip that we could use in the trailer, rather than the entire 10 seconds.

When we had finished all of the filming of our actress Georgi, we decided that it would be beneficial to film an establishing shot of our location. We thought that it could possibly be used as the opening clip to our trailer, but we would slightly reduce the length of time it was shown for.