Story Telling Unit-Shoot Day 1

Today, I finished filming my film trailer. We started at 10:30 which was when the church was booked for and started off filming William walking down the road. I wanted it to be lighter outside when it cam to filming in the church and it was a dark morning. This worked in my favour as the natural lighting let in by the large windows made scene look less 'fuzzy' compared to the artificial lighting.  I did think this through before filming, and wanted to bring some bright LED lights, but with travelling on the train I felt it to be too much of a risk, incase they got broken given their fragile build. Luckily it did brighten up and by 11:20 I was able to film inside the church effectively. I did attempt to film a tracking shot around William for the final scene, but unfortunately despite filming several times it didn't look effective. This was disappointing as I felt it was a key shot, depicting how the church was once full, and is now empty. It was only ineffective as a result of not having the filming resources available to me there. Having a circular dolly would've been too much to carry around with, and for the sake of one shot I though I could get away with it. However, the candle shot at the end more than made up for it.
Another few shots I was particularly proud of were those of the car passing William as he walks down the road. The car needed to drive past twice. The first time with William in the shot, watching the car and the second  a POV from William of the car going passed. This scene was inspired by that of North by North West, when cars pass Rodger O. Tornhill in the desert road. To demonstrate a flashback of the car accident I simply filmed an ECU of Williams eyes and another of his one eye.

According to my short list I did intend to film in one day but the church scenes took longer than I expected. As a result I suggested to film at the care home in the afternoon and wait to film the indoor house shots the following day. The shots at the care home didn't take long given they were shot outside. It was purely the outside of the building I needed. 


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