Shoot Day: Filming
For filming, we used the Sony FS100 camera and placed it on top of the Vinten tripod. Together these were easy to use. The camera had an interchangeable lens, which was useful for switching between distance shots and our close ups and focus pull shots. The tripod came with a handle, which allowed us to make smooth tilts and pans.
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| SONY FS100 |
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| Vinten Tripod |
We took turns in different positions of filming. We had 4 roles:
- Camera operator
- Sound operator
- Director
- Continuitist and battery/mini screen holder
I started with being the sound operator. I held the shotgun microphone at arm's length to pick up the best quality sound. Hannah was operating the camera, Fran was the director and Jess had the mini-screen and battery. We noted down the shots we used throughout filming.
We took our actor Charlie through the scene outline and what we wanted him to do. This included how many batches of keys he'd take and what he would do on each attempt i.e. drop the keys on the third batch.
We started with a long shot of the room, before moving on to mid shots and close ups. After each shot we had to reset the scene by re-stapling the keys to the ceiling. We marked the ceiling so we knew where to put the keys up. From this I learnt the length it takes to film each shot, as we had to re-create the scene between each take. This helped me to look out for continuity whilst filming, which will reduce errors in post-production. Furthermore, whilst filming - sometimes the padlock had come loose from it's lock, as it's very old and Charlie had been moving it around during each take. I noticed this during a few takes whilst being the camera operator or continuitist watching the small screen. We then shouted cut and fixed the problem before resetting and starting another take.
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| Rehearsing for the shoot |
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As Charlie had requested to go to his theatre lesson, we decided that in his absence we would film the title shots, as he was not needed. For these, we captured extreme close ups of keys and other parts of the set. We rolled for 30 seconds each, so we had plenty of time to cut for post-production. We also shot a POV pan from one key to the next. This is to show the audience what the protagonist is seeing. We panned slowly across the keys and used a focus pull. Through this, I learnt that we should always film something normally, even if you have intentions for that particular shot in post-production. I.e. if we wanted the shot to be quick or in a different colour. For this particular shot, we wanted to speed it up, so it looks frantic. We therefore shot it normally and speed it up in post-production.
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