Day 2 of Filming

 Day 2 of Filming

Location: The cellar

Scene: 4

Actor/actress': Freya (me) and Robbie

Today we were filming the final scene of our opening sequence. This was set in our friends cellar. We had many small issues we had to face and work around but we managed to get good footage. 

What went well:

• All members corporated together and worked well as a group and shared ideas with one another
• We were able to get all the shots we needed and more! Our group decided to take more shots than we needed so we could play around with them when editing
• All members came on time and in the correct clothing ready to film straight away
• The location was suitable for filming and had socket plugs and props already in there that we could use, for example, a chair

What issues we had to face:

• Prior to filming our group realised that we didn't have all the props we needed for filming. This included duck tape and cloth for tying the wife to the chair. This was due to miss-communication within the group and not telling each other where and when we needed to get the props for. I had also brought a red top and a white skirt with me but others in our group decided that we needed to put mud on the clothing to make it look more realistic that she had been forcefully taken down to the cellar. As i didn't want my clothes getting ruined I went and bought a cheap top and skirt from Primark!
• The lighting was another big issue when filming. The main light in the room was too strong and bold to use so we found a lamp which was weaker but still very effective. This lamp was just connected to a wire so we got our friend to hold it in the right position. But we had to make sure that we didn't get any shadows in the shot of anything but the husband and wife who were in the opening sequence. As a group we worked out the best angles to position the light and ourselves in to make the shots good. 
• The cellar had very rocky floor and I (the wife) in the opening sequence had to be in bare foot. Therefore to enable I didn't cut my feet I walked over in shoes and a member of my group would take the shoes off me. This meant that I would have to stay seated until we had finished filming the scene when they would bring my shoes back to me.  
• Dialogue in our opening sequence is on a minimal. Firstly so it accentuates the mysteriousness of the characters and plot of the story but secondly as our actors and actresses are not that good at acting! But in this scene the husband has to shout a line of dialogue and we spent quite a while trying to perfect the line and make sure that it sounded realistic.