Friday 16 December 2011

Practice Filming at Kensington Palace

I went on a media trip to Kingston Palace where we had practice filming. My group was given the theme 'Love' and had to film a montage of shots which related to this. This experience was really enjoyable and I learnt many techniques, including how to use lighting, movement, angles and props effectively. Hopefully, this will, too, enhance my skills that I will need when shooting my horror teaser.

Monday 12 December 2011

Detailed Filming Plan


Debbie and I met and made a very detailed shot list, noting the actors and locations used for each shot. This helped us plan our filming dates as some actors/locations could only be used depending on the time and date. We also colour coordinated the shots that needed the same actors together which further helped planning.

Thursday 1 December 2011

Filming...

Today, my partner, Debbie, came over to my house to film the shrine, the tap scene and the tools. Having filmed before, we became a lot more aware of our use of technique, including lighting and camera movements.

THE SHRINE
After making the finishing touches, we filmed the shrine from different angles and of different lighting intensities. We, too, practised panning, zooming and tracking.

TOOLS
We collected tools from both our homes to use as the Surgeon's tools. We put them all in a tray and filmed them a few times, each with a different shade of lighting.

TAP
This was the most difficult task. Having reflected from the trouble we had from our last filming experience, we, this time, waited until it was dark enough outside. We also used the artificial lighting, which helped.