- camera
- mics
- tripod
- light reflector
we then loaded the gear onto the mini bus and we left with our two actors Albie and. Maddie (Maddie followed us In her can as it was being used for the sequence). we got to our location and we unpacked our gear. we then told out actors to put on their costumes which were wetsuits with a hoodie over the top. we wanted to complete the sequences where the actors were dry first to make it easier for the actors and ourselves. we started by filming the in car sequences. me and Ashton sat in the back seat of maddies car with one of us holding the camera and one of us holding the microphone. Ashton did a shot of Maddie driving the car from a side profile angle. we were going to switch to film Albi from the same angle for it to go at the beginning of our sequence but we decided to not go with that idea and we went with the idea to get more scenery shots of around the lake to establish the sequence.
we then went on to shooting alibi and madddie getting out of of the car and walking down to the river. we first filmed a mid shot of the car driving up and then the car stopping and them getting out. we then did a shot where we pointed the camera so you could see the edge of the river through the front windscreen of the car which framed albi and Maddie holding hands walking down to the edge of the river.
we also got a shot from across the river of albie and Maddie walking down to the beach which I really liked as it framed the shot really well and would be a nice scene to cut to when we edited the clips together to get the final product.
this is where we set up the camera for the high angle framing shot
we next shot down by the river. alibi and Maddie would walk into the mid shot and would say their dialogue. we set up the camera and we took our shot. the shot consisted of alibi saying "you coming in then" and then Maddie replying "alright give me a sec" Maddie then walked out of the shot to go back to her car to get her phone and put her jumper in the car. Albie would then continue to stay in the shot, take his hoodie off to reveal the wetsuit and bend down to use the paddle board into the water.
this image shows us shooting the conversation by the lake we would all take turns to film with the camera and hold the microphone so we were able to pick up the conversation with clear sound.
we then continues to shoot the sequence where Maddie and alibi are acting in their own sequences. Maddie walking to the car to get the phone and put the hoodie away and alibi pushing the paddle board onto the lake and paddle boarding on the river.
before we could film albies sequences on the water he had to have a health and safety briefing. it was a work this would take up time when we could be filming but we were able to shoot all the scenes we needed with Maddie when he was doing his briefing and once he had finished we were ready to shoot his sequence.
for maddies sequence it followed this guideline
- walk up to the car
- open the car door
- take hoodie off
- put hoodie in car
- get phone off passenger seat
- close car door
- say alibi as he has disappeared
we shot this sequence in a wide shot and a mid shot along with a close up of her putting the hoodie down and the picking the phone up.
for allies sequence it followed this guideline
- put life jacket on
- push paddle board onto river
- jump on paddle board
- paddle out a bit
- stand up on paddle board
- push paddle boars in water
we started shooting the sequence at a mid shot and then as he went not onto the river we did a focus pull. when he was standing on the paddle board we got a few wide shots a few mid shots and a close up of him on the paddle board so we could make different cuts when Maddie was doing her sequence in the car.
once we had taken our shots of alibi we got him to get of the paddle board into the river and to push the paddle board into the open to look like he has disappeared. we then took a wide and mid shot of the paddle board floating in the open.
once we had finished the water sequence alibi could get out the river.
we then shot Maddie running down to the river shouting "alibie". we started with a mid shot of her running past the camera shouting alibi and ended with her screaming alibi loudly at a close up of her face. the albies were built up to create tension.
the final shots we did for the day were establishing shots of the lake. some examples of the shots we took are:
- three different pans of the lake
- a low angle shot of the edge of the river
- a tilted shot of the hut on the lake
- shots of the ducks we saw down the river
- shots of the side of the river which looked like cliffs
some examples of the shots are below
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