Saturday, 23 March 2013
Production: Filming
We have now got the stage were all of our planning is complete and we are ready to start filming. Here are a few images showing us filming in our chosen location. Aimee filming the extreme close up of the caretaker putting on the bloody, worker gloves on. Ellie filming a long shot of the caretaker and me filming the victim, Tania walking, which is a mid shot of her body.
Post production: Issues with filming on first take.
When it came to filming our first take, for the opening of 'Caretaker', a fare few things went wrong and we found different things that we dint like about the filming.
Our first issue with the first lot of filming was our choice is castings. Tania, a girl was our caretaker. We thought that we would use her as she was available at the time we wouldn't need to show her face just her hands. Although, as you can see in this shot, we got Tania's hair in the shot. This completely ruined the shot as it defeated the object of a caretaker being a man. Also the setting of the shot and the lighting needed to be much darker to create atmosphere.
Our first issue with the first lot of filming was our choice is castings. Tania, a girl was our caretaker. We thought that we would use her as she was available at the time we wouldn't need to show her face just her hands. Although, as you can see in this shot, we got Tania's hair in the shot. This completely ruined the shot as it defeated the object of a caretaker being a man. Also the setting of the shot and the lighting needed to be much darker to create atmosphere.
In the image below, you can see that the shot was filmed in a clean environment, the tables look too new and you see the gas taps within the shot. All together this was a bad shot. The shot does not portray to the audience of the nature of the caretaker and does not make the opening creepy and scary. Also with the gas taps and the plugs etc, this would distract the audience from the actual focus of the shot, the pictures. There is too much un-needed mis-en-scene within this shot.
From the image below, you can see that the shot is not very focused on the news paper cuttings as we was filming this part handheld. When we film again, we will use equipment to make i easier for us such as a tripod to keep the camera steady and still when filming. Although we did like the idea of the news paper cuttings as we have thought a create deal in the mis-en-scene of the shots.
Because of these factors, we have decided we shall film our opening again in a better location.
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