Filming Production

Our first day of filming was very productive as we knew what we needed to film and we done this quickly.  We decided to film at Dan's house on sunday as it was a day we were all free and was easiest location to travel to.

 First of all we filmed the shaving scene in the bathroom, we used extreme close ups as when filming we noticed It was clearer to see the cut on his face, whereas originally we planned to do a close up. This scene took the longest as we had to make sure It looked effective. We continued with Dan doing his morning routine which included him looking into the mirror and putting his tie on. First of all we planned to do a straight cut from shaving to putting his tie on. This seemed confusing as It jumped from one location to another so we decided to do a handheld tracking shot. This followed Dan from the bathroom to the mirror and made the scene clearer and also established the location, this worked better.

 Next we filmed Dan shouting goodbye to me when I was upstairs. Originally my face was going to be included when I lean over the banister to wave goodbye but once filming my face wouldn't be in view of the shot. By doing this It made the Dans character seem more mysterious as the audience wont see his 'girlfriend'.

On the day we decided a high angle shot would be better when Dan's character pulls out from the drive way. It made It seem as though the 'girlfriend' was watching him from the upstairs window which created a more mysterious feeling as to why she watched him.

The next scene was the car scene with Georgia and Dan we stayed to our original ideas with the angles of the camera. We decided to use a long shot of Dan getting out of the car and then used a tracking shot of him going to open the boot where Georgia was. We found this worked so his movement is clear and the audience understand the location and what's going on. The end shot is from Georgia's point of view of Dan shouting the boot down after filming It and looking at the shot we though it would be more effective if georgia screams when the boot slams down and then fades to black. This worked better as was from the characters point of view so makes the audience feel included.

I thought the filming day went well  this is because we knew what we needed and wanted to film. This helped us all know what was needed and we could all put in more input in dialogue and shots. By doing this we filmed everything we aimed to and meant we didn't need to film on another day.