Filming Day 3

On the 24^th March we filmed the rest of our film, scenes 4-11; this was done in just over 2 hours with around two or three takes per scene to ensure we have enough shots to choose from for the editing stage.

I would say filming went pretty well. It was easier to film than a few days before as it was inside it’s a more controlled environment. We tried a variety of different shots so we would have the variety of shots in our film. Our first preparation was to add some make up to the dolls we were going to use. This took around 5 minutes as we both did two each. We then had to set up the shots we needed. As we were filming we came up with different shots that could make our film more interesting. We used both handheld and shots with a tripod. For example for one shot we had the camera high up on the tripod looking down on the main character, this couldn’t have been done handheld. However for zoom shots especially it was easier to do it handheld as it was more accessible this way and it wasn’t always easy to move the tripod and zoom at the same time.

I learnt the importance of having enough shots to choose from since we did two or three shots for each scene. This meant that we didn’t have to re film anything. I also became aware how different shots worked as we experimented with several throughout filming these scenes. It gave me a more of an understanding of using them in real life.