As a group, we managed to get Friday 16th March off timetable in order to film for the whole day, luckily our actors were also able to do this to be able to help us with filming. Present at the shoot were Sam, Adele and me, Rob did not come to this shoot. We also had Erica, Tom and Adam accompanying us to act in our scenes.
We met at school early and went to Sam's house first. Here we filmed in his dining room and made absolutely sure we were happy with all shots before we moved onto shooting the next lot. We filmed from a number of different angles, including a long shot of Samantha and Anthony sat at the table, close ups of both characters talking and shots over each of their shoulders. This gave us alot to work with when editing, which is something we previously did not do. We also made sure we had more than one of each shot so that we had plenty to work with incase there was something wrong with one of the other ones.
This time when filming, we used the halogen lighting system, as planned, and made sure that every shot was lit appropriately, and effectively. We also had the small monitor (also as planned) which allowed us as a group to each have alot more say in what was happening with the framing and lighting of shots because we could all see it, as opposed to one of us looking at a tiny flip screen. We took it in turns to press record just so that we had all had an equal turn at this stage of the film-making.
Next in Sam's house, we filmed in his living room. Here we made sure that we had plenty of shots again, including one which zoomed in from being a long shot to an extreme close up. This allowed us to have an opportunity later on in the film which we may use as a match-on-action. We also made sure that the match-on-action with the living room/dining room door was going to be perfect. On this shoot, we all had our eye on continuity in order to maintain a high standard and not include any silly mistakes in or film.
We then went to the woods by Sam's house where we filmed some shots to be added to the flashback. We recorded another match-on-action to be included using the gate at the beginning of the path we were filming on. We then filmed some more pans and some more shots from different parts of the woods ie. behind different trees and from different distances from where the action was taking place. We also made sure to film a shot of the roasry beads being dropped out of Samantha's hands, as this is a very symbolic part of our film.
At this point Sam had to go as he had family arrangements which he had to attend, so him, Tom and Adam left as they were no longer needed for any filming. We finished the day, and the shoot off by filming Samantha getting up and out of bed in my house. I was sure to film everything twice when capturing these scenes as I wanted to give my group members some choice when editing, I couldn't decide whether natural light or artificial lighting worked better, so I shot using both, giving my group and I the choice to make later. Just like throughout the rest of the day, I ensured we had plenty of shots to work with by filming ECU's, CU's, MS's and LS's as well as including a couple of pans. I also decided to film something which had not previously been discussed with my group but I thought it might be a good idea to include and would help to link from the bedroom scene to the dining room scene, and so I filmed Samantha coming out of the bedroom and walking down the stairs. I hope we can fit this into our final film somehow as I think it would be a nice addition.
Overall, 16th March was a good shoot and alot was achieved in a day. I hope we have a range of usable footage which will make editing alot easier and our final film alot easier to follow and of a higher standard and quality.
