Day 2 filming

Day 2 and were halfway through our filming. This is going to be the main segment of our opening clip and here's an update into what went down before filming. Here's another video diary for you guys enjoy!



Technical difficulties:

• Battery went low but it was alright since we finished the shot.

Lighting:

• It was going good until our last frame when it started to get dark, so we had to use the lamppost light to make the shot work

Who was in charge of what?

• Richard was the main cameraman.
• I helped film one shot because we needed steady hands since we forgot the tripod.
• Deon and i directed and he became a human tripod for one scene.

Filming issue:

• It wasn't till after we filmed everything when Richard (Alfred Hitchcock junior) decided to check each shot and realised he hadn't actually filmed one of the scene but rather caught us celebrating for 30 seconds because we thought he did it.
• Because the scene Richard forgot to shoot was taken in daylight we couldn't refilm it on the same day because it was dark by the time we finished.

Props:

• We messed up by not remembering to collect the Tripod out of one our teachers, Mrs Smythes office. I guess me and Deon could be the blame for it but we didn't panic and with last minute thinking came up with the idea to use Deon as the tripod or Dual pod since he only has two legs. Because he was tall and we needed a high shot we put the camera on his head and i worked really well.

Costume:

• All the actors wore the correct colour clothing.

Location:

• Richard again was in charge of the location and found us the perfect place which was a park/forest at the back of St Ignatius secondary school. Here's a part of it below.

  
  

A few pics of us before filming:

Us discussing a few things before actually filming, so we get everything right.

Deon checking the shot while I direct Jenessa

Me, Deon & Jenessa again

Richard with the camera while Deon directs Jenessa 

Since Richard forgot to press play and film the shot, he's agreed with me and Deon to re-film that one shot along with our actor Abiola tomorow.

Day 1 of filming...

Today we filmed the first shot of our thriller. It was a rough few hours but the end result was a success. Firstly, here are the issues we faced which were:

Technical difficulties

• Camera battery died during our first take so we had to reschedule which held us back about 2 hours.
• The tripod wasn't working well with the angle of the shot I needed to take for one part of the scene, so i suggested we revert to handheld instead.

Location

• We were going to shoot the office scene in the study room but then Richard managed to get Ms Smythe, one of the staff members to allow us to use her office since it looked more realistic and similar to an actual office in a police department.

Actors

• Because the office had two spaces we decided to get an extra for the scene. First we used Deon our group member but he wasnt appropriately dressed for the role so we found one of the sixth formers who was dressed to the role and he was more than willing to help.

What went well

Aside form our filming issues, our first shoot went well due to

Actors/Extras

• Richard whose playing Detective Morris, did well and co-operated which is essential for any film making, resulting in a successful shot.
• Kelechi our extra was also co-operative and followed precise instructions and helped set the scene.

Lighting

• The sun was out so it helped brighten the room, making things vivid.

Costume

• The shirt and tie worked well with the scenery.

Weather

• Didn't really effect the shoot because we weren't filming outside for this scene. 

Here's us at work!

Snap shot of the articles and Richard getting into character

Us getting everything into perspective before filming.

About to film! Deon counting down