Entry 20 - Filming with Group
Today we filmed most of our scenes and it took us about 5-6 hours.
Scenes in JR:
The first shot. that we filmed was the finding box shot. For the position of the camera, we tried putting it inside the actual cupboard (we decided to use a cupboard instead of a drawer because the media room was locked), but the camera would adjust it's brightness (exposure) to the inside of the cupboard, making it too dark. In addition, we couldn't find a decent item to balance the camera in order for it to face up. In the end, we just got Pypah's exchange to hold the box and have her out of the frame.
A low to high angle was used for this shot instead of a high to low angle, because the husband doesn't know what's in the box yet, and therefore he still has power. An eye level shot could have been used, but we thought that a low to high angle shot would have been better so that it looks as if the camera is where the box was found. We wanted to use a tripod for this shot so that the shot wouldn't be shaky, but the tripod couldn't go really low.
The husband's face was half lit with soft-edged line because he's finding the box he's not supposed to. It's kind of foreshadowing his death. We however, could have made his face be lit up more instead of almost total darkness because he kind of looks too evil in this shot.
The second shot is where she opens up the box. We shot this one from a high to low angle, because that's when she finds all the documents of his wife's previous killings. We also used an over the shoulder for this shot to make it seem as if she's oppressed from something that's out there, which is the wife. The husband also looks back after finding the box, because he's trying to see if someone's out there watching, just in case he wasn't supposed to find it. The box is focused in this shot instead of the husband because the box is what's important in this scene. However, we probably should have focused on the husband when he turns back.
This time, we put the lighting in the same position because of the same reason as before.
For the shots where he's rummaging through the documents, we used a high to low angle shots to create a POV looking shot. (It's not really POV because the camera is shooting the documents from a different angle) We made sure to put the names that she picks up in the rule of thirds so that the audience notices it more.
For the shot where he picks up the marriage document and reads it, we used a low to high angle shot. We used it so that both the marriage document and his facial expressions could be seen. It's slightly on a canted angle to show that he's confused. The lighting kind of changes halfway through, so if we have time, we'd like to fix that.
We used an extreme high to low angle shot fro the scene where she looks back at the box again, because he realises that he might die soon. He's also facing towards the direction where there's less space, making him cornered.
It's the same for the next shot where he hears his wife calling him out. It's an extreme close up on his face, but he's facing towards no space.
For the shot where the wife first appears, we made it a low to high shot to show that she's powerful. She's also coming out from the darkness, making her seem extremely villainous (She's coming from the dark side haha).
A low to high angle shot was again used to show both her and the box. The lighting probably should have darkened half of her face more, because she looks kind of too nice in this shot. The lighting once again changes half way through for this shot, so we should fix that.
We also quickly filmed the flashback scenes because the library was about to close in 10 mins. We just had close up shots of the wife with all the objects in the middle.
Back Alley Scene:
We, unfortunately, could not get the shot where Jack looks down at his hands to find blood, because we didn't have any red paint. We could have used something else, but we didn't have any other liquid material.
For the shot where Jack gets found in the alleyway, we used an eye level shot and placed his face on the rule of thirds. We first wanted to make it so that he would whole entirely face the little space, but since Jack is facing the police, that would mean that the police would get out of the frame. Therefore, we just had Jack's body face the little space and make his face, face towards the cop. Jack looking up at the cop added the aspect of him being weak.
We had a close-up Cop's POV shot of Jack having his hands cuffed, because he's now really trapped.
The shot where he stands up is canted because Jack is still confused since he lost his memories. Jack's face isn't all lit, but the majority of it is lit because he's innocent at this point. It's an over the shoulder shot as the cop is more powerful and thus looking down at Jack.
For all these scenes, we had our main focus on getting the shadows right.
Interrogation Scene:
I decided to refilm all interrogation scene with better lighting. My main focus was the shadows on the wall. The reason why I decided to have different shots for different dialogue is to confuse the viewers.
I reshot the first scene where the investigator walks towards the table. It looks so much better with the shadow, but I think it would have been better if this was shot on a slight angle instead of face front. That would have made the shot so much better.
The shot where the investigator lights up my face has the same concept as last time, so please refer to that. This time, we shot it in a mid shot from a different angle that showed my face more. This is because I wanted the viewers to see the emotions that's going through my mind. I really like the shadows cast on my face for this shot.
For the opening of the binder, I decided to zoom in on the document to show the TOP SECRET on it and then move it towards the investigator's face. The lighting is not harsh on the investigators face because she's nice. It would have been better with some shadows, but my sister didn't have a lot of time, so I couldn't really refilm it.
All the shots with me in it is high to low to show that I'm weak and powerless. There are some over the shoulder shots from the investigator, but that's parts where the investigator is oppressing me and judging me as the murderer. For the shots where I'm talking about my love for the femme fatale, it's just a simple mid close shot where I'm facing towards little space. I get less and less frame space the more I talk about the femme fatale because I'm falling more and more into a trap.
The lighting is really bad for some for this one shot after the investigator says, "Well, you're the main suspect." The lighting is just bland. There's no atmosphere created by it. The shadow isn't even great in this shot cause there's no shadows at all. I think I rushed this shot.
The shots where the investigator is talking is all low to high angle shots cause she's powerful. The shadow is also big on the wall for her, making her seem even more powerful. Most of the time, her face is either half lit or entirely lit. This is because she's a nice person at heart who's trying to solve a crime (Entirely lit), but she needs to be hard to actually solve the crime (half lit).
The flashback shots are all close up shots of her with the objects in the middle. I'm really glad I reshot the cup scene, because the cup scene was really bad last time with the uneven drinking.
Today's reflection:
I think it's the time management that's stressing me. Our group members aren't free every day, and when they are free I'm sometimes not free. Therefore, we only had Saturday to film and even then they had to go somewhere at 6.
The lighting also stresses me out because it's not lighting up the face like I want it to. I think that we should use a red head next time to make our shadows and face shadow crisper.
If I have to reshoot the interrogation scene again, I think that I'm just going to reshoot bits with only me in it, because I'm bothering my sister too much.
Scenes in JR:
The first shot. that we filmed was the finding box shot. For the position of the camera, we tried putting it inside the actual cupboard (we decided to use a cupboard instead of a drawer because the media room was locked), but the camera would adjust it's brightness (exposure) to the inside of the cupboard, making it too dark. In addition, we couldn't find a decent item to balance the camera in order for it to face up. In the end, we just got Pypah's exchange to hold the box and have her out of the frame.
A low to high angle was used for this shot instead of a high to low angle, because the husband doesn't know what's in the box yet, and therefore he still has power. An eye level shot could have been used, but we thought that a low to high angle shot would have been better so that it looks as if the camera is where the box was found. We wanted to use a tripod for this shot so that the shot wouldn't be shaky, but the tripod couldn't go really low.
The husband's face was half lit with soft-edged line because he's finding the box he's not supposed to. It's kind of foreshadowing his death. We however, could have made his face be lit up more instead of almost total darkness because he kind of looks too evil in this shot.
The second shot is where she opens up the box. We shot this one from a high to low angle, because that's when she finds all the documents of his wife's previous killings. We also used an over the shoulder for this shot to make it seem as if she's oppressed from something that's out there, which is the wife. The husband also looks back after finding the box, because he's trying to see if someone's out there watching, just in case he wasn't supposed to find it. The box is focused in this shot instead of the husband because the box is what's important in this scene. However, we probably should have focused on the husband when he turns back.
This time, we put the lighting in the same position because of the same reason as before.
For the shots where he's rummaging through the documents, we used a high to low angle shots to create a POV looking shot. (It's not really POV because the camera is shooting the documents from a different angle) We made sure to put the names that she picks up in the rule of thirds so that the audience notices it more.
For the shot where he picks up the marriage document and reads it, we used a low to high angle shot. We used it so that both the marriage document and his facial expressions could be seen. It's slightly on a canted angle to show that he's confused. The lighting kind of changes halfway through, so if we have time, we'd like to fix that.
We used an extreme high to low angle shot fro the scene where she looks back at the box again, because he realises that he might die soon. He's also facing towards the direction where there's less space, making him cornered.
It's the same for the next shot where he hears his wife calling him out. It's an extreme close up on his face, but he's facing towards no space.
For the shot where the wife first appears, we made it a low to high shot to show that she's powerful. She's also coming out from the darkness, making her seem extremely villainous (She's coming from the dark side haha).
A low to high angle shot was again used to show both her and the box. The lighting probably should have darkened half of her face more, because she looks kind of too nice in this shot. The lighting once again changes half way through for this shot, so we should fix that.
We also quickly filmed the flashback scenes because the library was about to close in 10 mins. We just had close up shots of the wife with all the objects in the middle.
Back Alley Scene:
We, unfortunately, could not get the shot where Jack looks down at his hands to find blood, because we didn't have any red paint. We could have used something else, but we didn't have any other liquid material.
For the shot where Jack gets found in the alleyway, we used an eye level shot and placed his face on the rule of thirds. We first wanted to make it so that he would whole entirely face the little space, but since Jack is facing the police, that would mean that the police would get out of the frame. Therefore, we just had Jack's body face the little space and make his face, face towards the cop. Jack looking up at the cop added the aspect of him being weak.
We had a close-up Cop's POV shot of Jack having his hands cuffed, because he's now really trapped.
The shot where he stands up is canted because Jack is still confused since he lost his memories. Jack's face isn't all lit, but the majority of it is lit because he's innocent at this point. It's an over the shoulder shot as the cop is more powerful and thus looking down at Jack.
For all these scenes, we had our main focus on getting the shadows right.
Interrogation Scene:
I decided to refilm all interrogation scene with better lighting. My main focus was the shadows on the wall. The reason why I decided to have different shots for different dialogue is to confuse the viewers.
I reshot the first scene where the investigator walks towards the table. It looks so much better with the shadow, but I think it would have been better if this was shot on a slight angle instead of face front. That would have made the shot so much better.
The shot where the investigator lights up my face has the same concept as last time, so please refer to that. This time, we shot it in a mid shot from a different angle that showed my face more. This is because I wanted the viewers to see the emotions that's going through my mind. I really like the shadows cast on my face for this shot.
For the opening of the binder, I decided to zoom in on the document to show the TOP SECRET on it and then move it towards the investigator's face. The lighting is not harsh on the investigators face because she's nice. It would have been better with some shadows, but my sister didn't have a lot of time, so I couldn't really refilm it.
All the shots with me in it is high to low to show that I'm weak and powerless. There are some over the shoulder shots from the investigator, but that's parts where the investigator is oppressing me and judging me as the murderer. For the shots where I'm talking about my love for the femme fatale, it's just a simple mid close shot where I'm facing towards little space. I get less and less frame space the more I talk about the femme fatale because I'm falling more and more into a trap.
The lighting is really bad for some for this one shot after the investigator says, "Well, you're the main suspect." The lighting is just bland. There's no atmosphere created by it. The shadow isn't even great in this shot cause there's no shadows at all. I think I rushed this shot.
The shots where the investigator is talking is all low to high angle shots cause she's powerful. The shadow is also big on the wall for her, making her seem even more powerful. Most of the time, her face is either half lit or entirely lit. This is because she's a nice person at heart who's trying to solve a crime (Entirely lit), but she needs to be hard to actually solve the crime (half lit).
The flashback shots are all close up shots of her with the objects in the middle. I'm really glad I reshot the cup scene, because the cup scene was really bad last time with the uneven drinking.
Today's reflection:
I think it's the time management that's stressing me. Our group members aren't free every day, and when they are free I'm sometimes not free. Therefore, we only had Saturday to film and even then they had to go somewhere at 6.
The lighting also stresses me out because it's not lighting up the face like I want it to. I think that we should use a red head next time to make our shadows and face shadow crisper.
If I have to reshoot the interrogation scene again, I think that I'm just going to reshoot bits with only me in it, because I'm bothering my sister too much.
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