Account of Shoot Day

The shooting day was successful however not everything we planned to do was carried out. We first went to turrets house with our main character and the props neccesary. We set up what we wanted our location to look like using our props. We arranged the room differently so that we could get the shots we wanted. Before we started shooting we adjusted the lighting in the room, using a colour sheet so that it gave a different affect to the shot. We then gave each other different roles, for example one person would think of what shot they wanted to get and set it up by focusing the camera, another would set the tripod up by bubbling it, locking it and moving it into position, and another would role the camera. We rotated these roles so we each got a feel for everything. We filmed close up shots of the face by using a tripod to keep the camera still, trying not to show his whole face at all times. 




So either having his hands covering, or using focus pulls so that you didnt see his face to long. This went with the idea that when your in a riot you dont want anybody to know who you are. We used a focus pull from his face to the tv, and another from his face to the computer, with the rioting news up on both. This meant that the focus would change from his face to the background, relating him and the riots together. This could give an idea to the audience that he may get involved. We left the turrets when we felt we had enough shots to choose from.

After the first half of our day we started filming in the car park in Hurtwood. We hand held the camera during this as it showed he was on the move, and added a different affect. As we were surrounded by trees, trying to pull of that we were in London. We had to use close up shots. I think we did this successfully. We tried running with the camera next to our main character. We also tried running next to a another rioter, who was carrying boxes that would give the idea of a riot. We filmed people in the background, and we each made an appearance in the thriller opening title sequence.  We used a GoPro Camera, sticking this to the car so that water would splash in the camera lens, as the camera is water proof. We also attached this mini camera onto the petrol can. We thought this may get some interesting shots. Before the day we had planned on using a lot of characters running past. Either being other rioters, or just passers by rushing to their homes. However, when the day came we felt too many people running about would only look silly. Finally we took a shot in slow motion of our character walking away from the car. We were going to add the explosion into the background of this shot, so we had to make sure that the main character wasn't always in the way of the car. If he was, then this would make it hard to make the explosion when we got round to editing. As it would mean we would of had to cut around the main characters body.


Overall i was happy with the day and was excited to see what the shots looked like in the editing suit.