OH: Reflection on Shoot 18/01/2015

Where and When?

• At 12:30 on Sunday 18th January 2015 Ben and I met Freddie at his house to proceed in filming the murder scene which takes place during the flashbacks from the female actor in the interrogation (Louise Carus).

A full view of the scene

What scenes were we focusing on?

• The main reason we went to his house was so that we were able to film in a house which is where the flashbacks take place to the murder of this man, and how the female actors mind remembers the set. 
• So when we arrived at the house we weren't entirely sure as to where we were going to film the murder scene. However after entering the living room and seeing the orange/red rug on the floor we realised it could be a good idea to include it as it would give a clear dominating colour in the scene allowing the audience to differ from the two.

What was your individual role in the shoot?

• When we arrived there it was clear that either Ben or I had to act as the deceased in the house and as Ben didn't want to do it i stepped forward for the role. Ben had preprepared a tee which had red stains on it which i had to get changed into and i added ketchup on top of the stains to give the blood a thicker look. Ultimately making it look more realistic a product of post production. 
• When i was laying on the floor it wasn't like i wasn't making any contribution to the filming at all with the ideas for the close ups on the props such as the card with blood on it and the pull focus onto the phone coming from myself. 

Did your storyboard affect camera and framing?

• As i had done limited storyboarding towards the ideas of the flashbacks it was open to imagination as we got there and brainstormed our ideas together on what we should film and what not. This ended up in us deciding on a hand full of close ups of the props around that had been scattered to make it look like something had happened, as well as shots of the body covered in blood.

What do you think went well?

• I think we got a good range of different shots, from those with no to lots of movement as wells as close ups apposed to shots showing the whole body and the set of the room. 
• Also i feel we used the set efficiently and used our time effectively this time and wasted no time mucking around with how to work the equipment as we now understood how to work it all.

What challenges did you come across?

• The main challenges were that as there was no storyboard to base our ideas on it meant that we had so many ideas about what shots we could use and no clear vision which did waste time as we took time out taking some shots that were of no use at all.
• Also with Ben taking the front seat in filming last week, i wanted to try it this week however i had to act as the deceased which led to unfair use of the camera. Thus, next time i will certainly need to head the filming.

How are you going to use this to influence your next shoot?

• As we have now entered the editing stage its clear that we've missed out a few shots such as the picture slides across the desk from the male to female and a few close ups of dialogue. However this means that we won't need to go back to set to do these so, as i haven't done much camera work, i can go through these shots which need to be done and record them to be edited in.

  

  A close of the victim lying dead