Filming One

This was the first day of our filming the shots we plan to use in our final teaser trailer. As a group we decided it would be best to film most of the close up shots from our story board due to the camcorder we was using was good for close detail and we didn't know when we would be able to use this camera again, also the location we were filming in. The equipment we used during this filming period was the tripod and camcorder. We decided not to use the sound equipment as we thought it would be easier to edit the sound in later because we were filming near a busy road. The location we chose to film was in the most wooded area in our school, which I think was a good location to choose as every shot in our story board is located in a wood apart from five of them.
As I have previously mentioned on my blog, Hannah is producing all of the filming during this project. therefore during the period we were in this wooded area Hannah was filming every shot using input from each member of the group, so we would get the best outcome. As Sally's individual task was to concentrate on the continuity and the sound, so she made sure that Kate our actress was wearing the exact same clothes as she was for our photo shoots, but as we didn't need sound while filming these shots Sally would include the later on after the editing stage. As Laura's task as the director she instructed Kate what to do during the filming and decided what she could do to make the shots more effective. and as my individual tasks during this project was to assist Laura with her directing task and concentrate on editing the shots after we had filmed to put the whole trailer together.
Through this period of filming time we managed to film three close up shots of Kate's face, which we thought would be good at expressing the fear on her face. In all of these close up shots Kate was looking around with a slight panic expression on her face. This shot would create suspension for a viewer as they would be wonder what she is looking around for and why she is so worried. In one of the shots I suggest that Kate should have some leaves or twigs in her hair as this shot would be placed near the end of the trailer after Kate had been chased around the woods. With a viewer comparing this shot to the two previous close up shots in the trailer they would wonder what has happened to her and why she is in such a mess, this also creates suspense. One of the things we tried to concentrate on during this filming period was getting Kate to move her head and look around as if something was watching her. I think in the first few shots Kate is too still and needed to move a lot more dramatically.
Another shot that we filmed was when Kate would be running and the camcorder would concentrate on her foot movement. We tried this shot out a lot as it was quite tricky to follow Kate's feet and keep the camcorder relevantly straight. In the end Hannah recorder some really good shots of Kate's feet which I think would work really well in our teaser trailer. These shots create excitement for a viewer because they would wonder what Kate is running away from.
A final shot we tried was the one on our story board that was a point of a view shot. In this shot Hannah was able to move the camcorder more freely as it need the effect that someone was watching Kate. To help with this shot we decided that Hannah should record Kate from behind a tree so that we could create the correct effect. This shot would also excite the viewer as they would wonder who is watching Kate and what will happen to her. When we edit this shot into the trailer and with all the effects I plan to include I think the shot will be really effective.
I think this was a really great start to our filming process and gave everyone in the group an understanding of what we would need to do next time to develop our ideas. We decided that the next time we film would be outside of our school in a large wooded area as this would set the scenery for our wider shots. We also will need to film more close up shots as the ones we film during this filming period we not dramatic enough. Altogether I am happy with the progress we made and we all did a great job pitching in ideas and understanding what looked best from a viewers point of view.