First Day of Filming

20TH FEBRUARY

All of our actors turned up at the right time, and we all met at the (pre-booked) i.e. completely ours, Scout Hut. This was where we wanted to film our first shots of the Anti-Hero's introduction to the 'gang' as well as the introduction of the Femme Fatale. These were key moments that we filmed in, mid shots for conversations, as well as long shots of the gang to establish what was happening to the characters, and close ups to make the cupboard scene more intimate and personal to the audience - feeling personal involvement.

When choosing our actors, a couple were least responsive and actually made unnecessary noise and was very difficult to work with, so perhaps he wasn't the best option as an extra.
Sophie Deegan - a local friend and make-up artist did the make up for our Femme Fatale including facial and bruises that we required. She was very easy to work with on the Wednesday and this was very effective in terms of time that we had.
We had to retake a couple of shots as there were minor continuity issues, for example when we first shot the altercation between the gang member, the two main characters held each other, the camera cut and then they moved, so we had to alter this and reshoot them.

Furthermore, when we were filming, reflecting back, I felt as if we needed to definitely vary our shot types, not just the shot, but the movement of the camera as I feel that we left the camera too stationery, and although we got a steady firm shot, we needed to make it more lifelike and tell the actors what to do primarily, and then moving the camera to accommodate the movement of the actors.
I was watching the University of Sussex award nominated video Aeron, and various shots within it were very interesting to try and recreate.
Whilst looking at this video, me and Emma had the idea of having a flash cross cut of shots to link them together. We then thought that this could be good with a cigarette and Hawke to show a typical Noir convention in a modern twisted way.