27/11/09

This was our last lesson before we started so we decided to make a planner which would help us when we were filming and keep us on track of the shots we needed to get. Before filming the suited and booted company ran through some camera functions and set up. We looked at lighting and exposure settings and gaining a certain light setting using the menu. They also showed us how to use colour bars and why we should use them between takes to help us when editing our movie later. We also looked at manual zoom and focus, this is useful for using instead of automatic settings which may give you a light setting you don’t want. Before we went filming we needed to familiarise ourselves with the camera's so we were sent into the corridor with the task of three different shots. We were experimenting with pan and zoom effects to get some experience with the camera's, this helped us find out what was effective and linked some shots to our storyboard which we thought were relevant to the type of shots we were shooting. We set out to begin filming our movie, starting at the roman baths.
We had Tom to help us film in the Roman Baths, we made our way up there as a group and after handing in the health and safety form and being shown around we found an ideal setting which matched our storyboard and began filming. We worked quite well as a team and took a few takes to make sure we had enough to chose from and work with. Kris was very good as a director and we were missing one team member but this didn't affect the shooting to much. As an actor I found my role fairly easy as I had a minimal amount of acting to do, I tried to get involved with filming and directing when I wasn't needed to act. I think this session of filming went fairly well although if we did it again I would have filmed a lot more as we didn't have enough to work with as I would have liked.

shooting schedule

Time of Arrival/ Departure
Location
Shooting Plan
08:30- 09:30 Roman Baths Get some panning shots of the water and dramatic shots of the water. Shoot a close up shot of the water in the Roman Baths coming over the shoulder of Jake seeing Kate’s reflection in the water
10:30- 12:00 Widcombe Cemetery Filming Jake walking around the graveyard and putting a rose on a grave.
13:00- 14:30 Bear Flat- 52 Meare Road Shot of Kate dead in the bath.
Close up and over the shoulder shots of Jake in the bathroom. Movement shot of Jake running down the stairs and out of the door.
Shot of Jake seeing Kate again in the Bathroom and locking himself into his room and taking an overdose.
14:45- 15-45 Bear flat track Frantic action shot of Jake running as if he’s losing his mind.

Before entering the Roman Baths I had a permissions form to fill out on behalf of our team. Basically a signature to say we all understood the rules and that if any filming equipment was broken it was our responsibility.