Today we finished the filming for the trailer. We all met up and began setting up the first setting for the first note. This note was to be received through the post with all the post. We set the camera up on the tripod and positioned it at an angle to the front door. The camera was positioned next to a plant and in some shots we had a leaf from the plant in front of part of the camera. this created a nice effect. Natalie N posted the letters through the door and we filmed Thegla walking past the camera and picking up the letters. The note flies out from the main pack of letters and we got a selection of close up shots to show the audience the notes. We encountered a problem with the lighting in this scene, too much sunlight was coming through the window in the door so we had to cover it up with a dark coloured piece of card. This prevented most of the bright sunlight from coming through. We filmed a selection of these shots including low shots to just show Thegla's feet walking to pick up the post, wide shots of all that was happening and and some close-ups of just the post focusing on the note. We also filmed the scene with the door out of focus and then as the post comes through the door comes into focus. This was a more creative type of shot.
For the next note we decided to film Thegla waking up to the house and once she gets to the front door she takes her keys out of her pocket and finds a note in there too. We shot a selection of wide shots, showing Thegla walk past the camera to the house, shots where the camera followed her to the door and over the shoulder shots showing the note then Thegla looking around before going into the house. Whilst we filmed with the camera following her, we had to make the camera into a Steadicam to allow the shot look more professional and less shaky.
To film the third note being received, Thegla was sat at a table with her folder. As she flicks through her folder she sees a post-it note stuck on one of the pages. To film this we had the camera from a side shot and it pans round to an over-the-shoulder shot as she is flicking through the folder. This turned out to be a relatively easy scene to film as it was one quick camera move to film it. The lighting was a bit dark, but nothing could be done to fix this.
The fourth note was to be found in shopping bags, folded in between an item of clothing. This was filmed using a wide shot, a close up shot and a panning shot. We will select the best ones during the editing stage.
The final note is the one that is received by a text message. We shot a wide shot of Thegla watching television then when she receives the text a close up shot was filmed.
The final part of the trailer to film was the dead body at the end. This was the role I was playing. We found a run-down alley way and a grass area just off this. We filmed close-ups, panning shots, wide shots and low shots. We filmed these when the sun wasnt very bright so the trees could create shadows that would hopefully make the scene look eerie and effective. The best will be selected during editing in order to make this scene look affective and fit in with the contents of the trailer.
Me and Elena fixing the lighting.
Me acting as the dead body.
me filming with the home made steady cam and Elena holding the microphone.
Elena filming, me holding the microphone and Thegla acting.
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