First day of filming

We have now filmed various sequences for our opening. We spent much of Thursday afternoon and evening building up a character for Sam by applying costume and make up to show signs of domestic abuse. We will now continue filming throughout Friday to get more of the film completed.

Below are a series of images and videos that show us working towards some of the shots that we produced yesterday. You can view all of our shots and images as well as posts taking you behind the scenes on our dedicated page here.

We give our thoughts on the days' filming.

Mark and Megan prepare for one of the flashbacks.

James and Mark set up the Tripod.
Laura, Mark and Megan prepare the lighting equipment.
   Megan and Laura begin to build Sam's character.
James sets up lighting.

Laura and Mark prepare for a shot taken through the shower.
We prepare to setup the cupboard shot.
Continuing to prepare the cupboard shot.

Wednesday Progress Roundup

We are now fully prepared to start filming during tomorrow lesson. In today's lesson we thought it would be a good idea to practise some of the shots ready for tomorrow. Below are videos of the footage compiled during today's lesson in addition to a video of us recording the test shots. 

Video 1: We first tested some shots of Mark looking in the mirror, the sequence in the production will show Sam (played by Mark) opening a cabinet to reveal the bruise created by his girlfriend.

Video 2: We then recorded some footage that will resemble a match on action sequence in our short film. The match on action sequence works by positioning the camera in the cabinet, for today we used a cupboard and a close up shot to show Sam's face.

Video 3: Finally we decided to record some footage to test how we plan to show the titles of our film. Working on the idea of Sam being messaged by Amy constantly we have decided that we will send text messages in a way which shows the roles of our group.

MORE FROM WEDNESDAY 5TH DECEMBER Watch our video above to find out how exactly we created one of our tested shots. View images of us from todays shoot.  More Behind The Scenes

RELATED POSTS

• Watch the Storyboard and Animatic
• Laura outlines some of the Key Shots that are planned for our production
• Whose doing what? Mark's round up of Production Roles
• Megan explores some possible sources for Sound Design
• View James' Shooting schedule for when and where we are going to be filming

Health and Safety Considerations - Megan

As a lot of our film will be filmed inside Laura's house, our health and safety considerations here are quite small. However on the shots filmed elsewhere, we will have to take health and safety into account.

College

Hazards:

• uneven surfaces - potential to fall/trip
• other students - potential to bump into others/be in the way
• equipment - could cause strain/injury transporting it around the college

We hope to eliminate these hazards by being mindful of where we set up our equipment. This will mean being out of the way of college exits, and hopefully away from large groups of students. We will also be sensible with the amount of equipment we need, and limit the amount we carry if necessary to avoid injury.


Outside Scenes
Hazards:

• traffic - risk of being knocked down
• uneven surfaces - potential to trip/fall
• equipment obscuring pedestrian access

These hazards could be more problematic to eliminate completely, as obviously we cannot control the traffic, but we hope to film in quiet areas where there is not much traffic. We also need to be mindful of where we set up our equipment as we could block access to the pavement, creating problems for the safety of others.

Car Scene
Hazards:

• getting distracted while driving - potentially dangerous for everyone in the car
• not wearing a seatbelt - danger for this person
• pedestrians/other vehicles - people walking around the car could cause distraction/might not be seen if the driver is distracted
• crashing - risk of serious injury

These are more serious hazards that we need to consider. To help decrease the risk of these hazards, we will need to be very careful about our filming in the car. We will put our safety first when filming, ensuring that we take into account all of the above hazards and produce our film in the correct manner.

Script by Laura and James

We will use a shot reverse shot sequence to show Sam talking to his friends. The sequence will show his mates questioning the bruise on his face and as a result show his mindset when questioned about the bruise.

Sam: Alright
Friends: Alright
Friend 1: You going to Matts tonight?
Sam: No my mum isn't in, have to look after the house.
Friend 1: Ah you're such a letdown
Sam: sorry mate
[PHONE GOES OFF]
Friend 2: Is that your bird? [chuckles]
Sam: Yeh mate, she's a bit clingy you know? Might have to let her go
Friend 1: that's a shame mate but let us know when you do, we'll go out on the pull
Friend 2: ah mate you might want to wait for that bruise to go down, no one likes a pussy
Sam: Yeah a rugby injury mate