Today was a bit of a late start for me as I had lots of trouble sleeping and the day seemed to drag. I came into college at 2:45pm to film with Sam and Farhath - our mission today was to get as much done as possible, hopefully even finish!
But, alas we didn't get it all completed but we got some vital footage captured. We filmed the argument scene between Charles and the young woman (now played by Farhath.) It was very trial and error and we had lots of times where we would all burst into laughter at how 'serious' the situation had to be.
Although we laughed a whole lot we did get things done and it was one of the most enjoyable moments in the past week of filming.
In total we spent 4 and a half hours in college filming, it felt like forever as we was cooped up in one room trying to perfect everything.
It was a little difficult directing by myself but I did enjoy it. I found propping the camera up on the tripod was a little annoying as it kept becoming unlevelled and shaky, but after a few weak takes I finally got it looking a lot better.
Below are some screenshots from the shoot:
Above is some messing about with lighting and colour balance. As you can tell, the original picture on top is quite yellow and orange whereas the lower image is more toned down and has cooler tone to it. it doesn't look so artificial. While viewing some of the footage we chose to change the colour balance to the cooler tones as we felt it looks more natural but on some shots it look way to washed out so we kept it original. Hopefully during final but editing we can edit it so it blends more naturally.
The last shot of the young woman and Charles's conflict was the hardest to film. we had to take several takes to get it right as Farhath had to do some 'stunts' and after a few it gets a bit painful. But she was a good sport and kept going till we got a good shot.
Conclusion:
I felt today went really well. We got a lot done and had a good time filming so it didn't feel like work or something we had to do. We covered a lot of ground and got a variety of shots to play with while editing. Over all another productive day!
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