Day 1
On the first day of shooting we filmed in an office. We aimed to shoot all of the office scenes in this day, but this was surprisingly time-consuming, and we only managed to film the scenes of him at the desk. This went well and we didn't really encounter many problems. The lighting kit worked fine on it's own so we didn't need to use a reflector as we could clearly see Rio and it gave the effect of the bright fluorescent lights that are typical in offices.
To be more productive we could have stayed on task more, and done the shots in a non-chronological order to allow us to not have to move the equipment so much.
The next time we shoot, we plan to finish all of the scenes in the office, which primarily consist of the scenes that take place in the office kitchen and the scenes of him printing off the money and leaving the office.
To be more productive we could have stayed on task more, and done the shots in a non-chronological order to allow us to not have to move the equipment so much.
The next time we shoot, we plan to finish all of the scenes in the office, which primarily consist of the scenes that take place in the office kitchen and the scenes of him printing off the money and leaving the office.
Day 2
A few days after shooting the first scenes in the office, we came back to complete the rest of the office scenes. It again was time consuming and took us all day, but we managed to finish. Because of the fact that the office is underground, it wasn't really an issue that filming carried on until it was dark, as the lighting kit was enough to make it look like daytime. Again we didn't encounter any major problems, the only difficulty we had was sometimes knowing where to place the camera for the best shot, but that was only minor and was easily solved.
The next scenes will take place in Ryan's house and on a train, and they will be completed next week, which will also complete our filming.
The next scenes will take place in Ryan's house and on a train, and they will be completed next week, which will also complete our filming.
Day 3
In the time between this filming and the last session, we found out that we had lost all of our footage from the first time we filmed. Our teacher purchased recovery software but unfortunately the data was corrupt, so we had to reshoot all of "Day 1"'s office shots. We booked the reshooting for the following Tuesday.
There were several difficulties on todays film agenda, though it went very smoothly. My job was to provide transport from train stations so I was not a part of the "getting on the train" and "on the train" shots, however I helped frame the scene of Dave walking to the train station, I then drove to the next station that they would end up at to pick the crew and cast up and return them to the next shooting location, the house.
A challenge that we faced was the positioning of the camera in the scenes where it was a close-up of the phone alarm. It was our intention to have a close up of the alarm, but it made it slightly more challenging as the tripod had to be placed on the bed and held, so that the shot wouldn't be tilted or shaky.
To improve on today's filming, we could have set out an hour earlier as unfortunately due to it being winter, the natural light faded very quickly and so we had to resume filming the next morning.
To improve on today's filming, we could have set out an hour earlier as unfortunately due to it being winter, the natural light faded very quickly and so we had to resume filming the next morning.
Day 4
Me and Rio (our actor) filmed the remaining few shots of entering the office, and leaving the house, one problem was the rain, however we decided that due to England's unpredictable weather this would be appropriate in our film, and also could reflect and foreshadow Dave to having a "bad day". The other problem was reflections in the glass and handle of our original idea of Dave leaving the house, therefore after due consideration we changed the shot to a close-up of Dave's foot leaving the house.
Day 5 (Re-shoot)
Today went very smooth, we planned every re-shot and sequenced them by order of rooms, this meant we could batch film the shots in non-chronological order and edit the footage after, we did however have to be really careful of continuity, fortunately Dave's costume does not change.
We struggled with one scene of Dave walking out the front door with all the money, and also dropping a £10 note into the near-focus of the camera, after many shots we finally got the right one though it took up a lot of our time, we believe this creative decision will benefit our final product.
The next step will be to upload and edit the footage, adding in sound, transitions, and timing the match-on-actions.
We struggled with one scene of Dave walking out the front door with all the money, and also dropping a £10 note into the near-focus of the camera, after many shots we finally got the right one though it took up a lot of our time, we believe this creative decision will benefit our final product.
The next step will be to upload and edit the footage, adding in sound, transitions, and timing the match-on-actions.
