diary of filming 1

This was our first day filming, where the aim was to get most of it done as it would be difficult to replicate the look and costume of the young girl, most importantly.  We found that having the tripod, which was provided by the school, benefited us as there were many times where we had to alter the height to get the different angles as you can see in the images on here. We made use of all levels, as when Robyn was on the floor we filmed at both low and high angles to show the position of the man and also to get close ups of her face and facial expressions. The whole opening was in the same areas so it was fairly easy for us to move around a lot and capture the shots from all different angles. The images here just show us whilst preparing to film as well as actually filming the real thing.

When filming, we had a few minor issues- one for example being the weather which prior to filming had brought heavy rain. This meant the ground was extremely wet so we had to consider actor welfare and  alongside the cold temperature, the very wet floor made it difficult for us to film the floor scenes. we responded to the issue by covering the floor with a black plastic bag that the girl could lay on however it was discreetly disguised so had no interruption to our filming. We also filmed short bursts of scenes at a rapid pace so our characters could warm up before capturing the same scene at a different angle. This meant, we had to photograph the exact positions of our actors so we didn't create alterations and unrealistic scene geography.

We frequently altered the level of the tripod almost to create an ongoing link between the two characters- one being the young girl and the other the aged man so the levels almost showed altering perspective and the difference between them both- the innocence of the girl and the immoral nature of the man. Also, there was almost a link created with how the man shouldn't act immature with drink driving and not taking blame for his actions..showing him as almost childish and belittled- how generally people would view a younger person, there is also an evident link here with the mise en scene costume choice of the tracksuit bottoms the man is wearing. We tried to incorporate the car in most of our shots to reflect its danger and faulty so this meant we had to capture shots from many different angles.

we found that the tripods highest level it could be raised to was a similar height to our main male character which was useful to assist in our point of view and perspective shots and viewpoints allowing it to be made easier to create eyeline match shots for the audience to see exactly what our male character did.

our filming commenced took place between 2-4 meaning the light intensity of natural lighting remained pretty much the same, and was upcoming to dusk which was the particular light we desired to film within.