Second Shoot

We had our second shoot on Saturday which went really well. We arrived at 12 and began filming straight away. This gave us loads of time to shoot every shot in our opening sequence, and also meant that the shots filmed last week could be re-shot, giving us more choice. We had planned already to re-shoot many shots, such as the waking up scene and the rummaging in the wardrobe, therefore it was very useful.

We started by recording the dialogue that Ben will say while he is on the phone to his mother. This means that if the dialogue is unclear in the shots we film, we can add this in after.

During filming, we managed to get more successful shots in less takes due to more organisation such as a shot list that we followed well, which meant we had more time to finish and spend longer on other shots. This also meant that we could film some shots that weren’t planned, such as from different angles and distances. This gives us a lot more variety and makes it much easier when editing.

We also filmed other types of shots such as altering the first few shots to the man having a nightmare and we see this while he’s sleeping as he’s twisting and turning. Then as he wakes up and sits up abruptly, it cuts to a shot directly in front of him and he’s breathing heavily. We also thought of an idea to have sound such as bombs and gun shots while he’s having a nightmare and this also stops suddenly when he wakes up. The soundtrack would then gradually fade in. This was just an idea that we thought of on the day, therefore we will see how it turned out during editing, and make a decision of whether to include it in or not.

Lighting in the house was a lot brighter than last week. This means the shots we film will be lighter, clearer and of better quality. Then if we want to darken any shots, we can do this on the computer whilst editing to get the effect that we are aiming for.

Shots that we couldn’t do last week due to not having the props were done today, such as the pan of the war photos and medal.

After receiving feedback yesterday from Mrs B about the poppies in the draw, we decided to line the draw with black material, and have five poppies lined up extremely neatly in a line under the knife, signifying that he has five more to kill. This would match the five men not crossed out in the photo, but circled in red.

Overall the shoot went really well, just hope its all ok when we edit. [There are a few photos on the group blog]

Next Week:
-Shot of the news on the television.
-Any re-shoots.
-Lots of editing.