First Filming Session: The Intro

Today was the first day we began shooting our film. It was exciting as we are fully prepared and the actors were looking forward to contribute in our project. Things began very well; we stayed disciplined and stuck to what we had instructed in the Step Outline. However, we occasionally added a few more camera angles for certain shots as the lighting outside wasn't enough for some spots in our location.

An example of this was filming the ending of the first scene. The shot where the two characters leave the setting included them having to walk outside in the broad sunlight. However, it was quite a sunny day and there was too much light.

We used our Step Outline to film an angled mid-shot but changed the camera brightness when filming. As you can see, the screen gets darkier towards the right. The imbalance of lighting was jarring when playing the clip back.

We re-filmed the same shot but using a mid shot looking straight at the characters (rather than at a slant) and placing the camera higher up. This means that the lighting was symmetrical in the shot and less shadow.