On the first day of filming I decided to shoot the scene where the detective is addressing the press and de-briefing them about the missing girl Ellie and asking members of the community to come along and join the search party. In this scene there was the detective, Ellie's parents, the press, journalists and members of the police force.
My first job was to prepare the room to ensure it emulated that of a conference room, after setting the tables up where I needed them, and projecting a picture of Ellie and her family on the board, I was ready to start filming. As the cast entered I handed them their set props, i.e. Notepads, Laptops, Cameras, Paper and Pens. Once they were in position I started my filming.
For the most part of the shoot, I changed different shots to replace them with what I thought was more fitting. It was hard at times to in keep with the shot list as the shots didn't always have the desired effect. Altogether the filming took around two hours, this including setting up time, and a lunch break for cast members. The shots I filmed were: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16. From my previous experience during my AS Media Studies last year, I realised the importance in filming over a few days, rather than consecutively, this enabling me to get certain parts done and if needs be changed before my next filming. The shooting was fairly straight forward although we did encounter some problems with the actor playing the part of Detective remembering dialogue, and suffered from interruptions throughout the process of filming due to the location being within the school. For future reference I believe it will be important to ensure the location is quiet and peaceful before proceeding to shoot for the trailer. Other than this minor problems, we managed to over come them and produce some good material from the day which should hopefully be used within the trailer. After having filmed for the day I uploaded the footage so far onto the Apple Macs to review the filming. I found around 20 seconds of footage that I think may be incorporated into the soap opera trailer, making the day a success.
My first job was to prepare the room to ensure it emulated that of a conference room, after setting the tables up where I needed them, and projecting a picture of Ellie and her family on the board, I was ready to start filming. As the cast entered I handed them their set props, i.e. Notepads, Laptops, Cameras, Paper and Pens. Once they were in position I started my filming.
For the most part of the shoot, I changed different shots to replace them with what I thought was more fitting. It was hard at times to in keep with the shot list as the shots didn't always have the desired effect. Altogether the filming took around two hours, this including setting up time, and a lunch break for cast members. The shots I filmed were: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16. From my previous experience during my AS Media Studies last year, I realised the importance in filming over a few days, rather than consecutively, this enabling me to get certain parts done and if needs be changed before my next filming. The shooting was fairly straight forward although we did encounter some problems with the actor playing the part of Detective remembering dialogue, and suffered from interruptions throughout the process of filming due to the location being within the school. For future reference I believe it will be important to ensure the location is quiet and peaceful before proceeding to shoot for the trailer. Other than this minor problems, we managed to over come them and produce some good material from the day which should hopefully be used within the trailer. After having filmed for the day I uploaded the footage so far onto the Apple Macs to review the filming. I found around 20 seconds of footage that I think may be incorporated into the soap opera trailer, making the day a success.
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