My group travelled to Elena C's house to film some parts for the opening of an episode which we are to put up on our website. We arrived around 11:30am and started sorting out how we would position the room. We moved unnecessary objects out the way, such as dog treats and keys, and took pictures of the way our set was, so if we were to go on a break and come back, we would need to re-position anything out of place.
After getting all the props in position we set up the camera and microphone. We decided not to use the camera given to us by our school, but used a professional camera which belonged to one of the group members. When we lined up the shot we encountered some problems such as; too much back light coming from the window behind the actress and the light being too dark in the position of the room we had chosen. We tried to eliminate these faults by 1. blocking out the back light, and 2. trying to reflect light onto the actress. These attempts were unsuccessful. We had to move the actress from the kitchen table to the counter to get a good amount of light. This was successful, so we started practising the scene. As the actress I had to 1. play around with my breakfast and receive a text, 2. read the text. Then my mother in the scene was to walk behind me in the doorway and ask why I wasn't at school. I was told to pull a face then storm off. We shot these scenes from different angles of the kitchen and decided on which shots looked the best. The shot of the text I receive was to be from over the shoulder so the audience could read the text from my perspective, and when my mother walks in the camera would focus on her as she spoke, and me as I spoke. This took around 2 or 3 hours to complete.
After completing this task we set up the living room to make it look like an interview room. We chose the interviewer and the interviewees and arranged what questions will be asked, how they would be answered, and how many different shots were needed. This process was supposed to start at 2.30 but due to too much backing noise we decided to leave the equipment as it was and go take pictures for our magazine cover. This is when we came up with the idea to neglect the ordinary TV magazine cover and opt with one like 'Radio Times'. We walked down a quiet road near the house and stood together to take pictures. A big group picture, we thought, would deceive the reader into thinking we were all a big group of friends in the soap, which we aren't, so we decided on three of the girls standing together and me, the outcast, to stand away from the girls. For these shots we all looked at the camera. Then we walked further down the road and the three girls stood in a group whilst I sat on a bench and looked at them. This was to show how my character longed to be part of their group, but by the body language exhibited by the group, I was not welcomed.
We returned to the house to find it was quieter than before, so we conducted our interviews. These took us around 30 minutes to an hour to complete. We dis one long running clip of the Q&A's and then we filmed different people's answers, reactions, hand movements and body language. When we create the website for our soap, this part of our project will go under the "interview" tab.
Tasks done and everyone shattered, the filming day ended at 5.30pm. We took various pictures from the day but on two separate cameras. These are some of the pictures taken from my camera.
[ The Camera We Used To Film ]
[ Natalie.N & Elena C Filming With Our Camera ]
[ Trying To Eliminate The Bright Back Light ]
[ Using A White Board To Bring More Natural Light To The Filming Room ]
[ The Microphone We Were Using ]
After getting all the props in position we set up the camera and microphone. We decided not to use the camera given to us by our school, but used a professional camera which belonged to one of the group members. When we lined up the shot we encountered some problems such as; too much back light coming from the window behind the actress and the light being too dark in the position of the room we had chosen. We tried to eliminate these faults by 1. blocking out the back light, and 2. trying to reflect light onto the actress. These attempts were unsuccessful. We had to move the actress from the kitchen table to the counter to get a good amount of light. This was successful, so we started practising the scene. As the actress I had to 1. play around with my breakfast and receive a text, 2. read the text. Then my mother in the scene was to walk behind me in the doorway and ask why I wasn't at school. I was told to pull a face then storm off. We shot these scenes from different angles of the kitchen and decided on which shots looked the best. The shot of the text I receive was to be from over the shoulder so the audience could read the text from my perspective, and when my mother walks in the camera would focus on her as she spoke, and me as I spoke. This took around 2 or 3 hours to complete.
After completing this task we set up the living room to make it look like an interview room. We chose the interviewer and the interviewees and arranged what questions will be asked, how they would be answered, and how many different shots were needed. This process was supposed to start at 2.30 but due to too much backing noise we decided to leave the equipment as it was and go take pictures for our magazine cover. This is when we came up with the idea to neglect the ordinary TV magazine cover and opt with one like 'Radio Times'. We walked down a quiet road near the house and stood together to take pictures. A big group picture, we thought, would deceive the reader into thinking we were all a big group of friends in the soap, which we aren't, so we decided on three of the girls standing together and me, the outcast, to stand away from the girls. For these shots we all looked at the camera. Then we walked further down the road and the three girls stood in a group whilst I sat on a bench and looked at them. This was to show how my character longed to be part of their group, but by the body language exhibited by the group, I was not welcomed.
We returned to the house to find it was quieter than before, so we conducted our interviews. These took us around 30 minutes to an hour to complete. We dis one long running clip of the Q&A's and then we filmed different people's answers, reactions, hand movements and body language. When we create the website for our soap, this part of our project will go under the "interview" tab.
Tasks done and everyone shattered, the filming day ended at 5.30pm. We took various pictures from the day but on two separate cameras. These are some of the pictures taken from my camera.
[ The Camera We Used To Film ]
[ Natalie.N & Elena C Filming With Our Camera ]
[ Trying To Eliminate The Bright Back Light ]
[ Using A White Board To Bring More Natural Light To The Filming Room ]
[ The Microphone We Were Using ]
