Evaluation of Filming Process

Evaluation of filming process

Filming was a particularly important and difficult process in our work. It was by far, the most difficult to organise and plan for, as we had a lot of things we needed all at once in order to be able to successfully film what we needed. Firstly, there was the location we were filming in. We had chosen Brighton to film in, as our plot needed a location with that was busy and had lots of shops. We chose a Thursday in the half term to film, as it was the most convenient day for everyone, and all the members needed were able to make it there on time. We had to change our original plan to film inside Churchill square, as when we enquired about it with the owners we needed filming insurance to the sum of £5 million. There was no way we could film there, so we decided to change the location to just outside the centre. Here, it was a similar location to the one we needed, and the addition of the sunlight we had outside made for better lighting than inside the center would have. Filming outside also meant that although there were people walking around, it was not as concentrated and tightly packed as inside the shopping centre would have. This meant that we captured the impression that it was a busy street without being an inconvenience to the public ourselves.

The first problem we encountered was the camera equipment. The camera we had had been set up very peculiarly, as it was far too overexposed, and nothing we did to the settings would change this. We decided after numerous failed attempts to use an iphone, as it had a high quality camera similar to the quality of the original camera. We had a lot of tracking shots and pans, so this decision did not compromise the steadiness of our shots, and looking back on the footage now, is barely noticeable. Eventually, the problem of the camera was resolved to an extent, it was not as overexposed, but still did not appear as natural as it should have. So we decided to use the iphone throughout, so that the footage remained consistent, and did not change too dramatically with the swapping of cameras.

We stuck closely to our storyboard, despite having a slightly different location for the first scene. We adapted to this accordingly, and managed to capture shots that upheld the composition we had drafted in our storyboard. 

Evidence

From filming with the phone it developed problems with the sizing. An iPhone 6 camera which we used to film has a smaller screen than the screen on a mac leading perfectly good footage on the phone to become pixalated when enlarged onto a bigger screen.A lso by transferring it onto the groups phone via Facebook it also created problems of the quality not being as good.

Here is a picture of some footage which has not been enlarged to full screen yet. You can see that it is of good quality and does not look pixalated.

 

This is the shot after being enlarged. Unfortunatley you cannot see the true capicity of the pixlation but it is very pixalated which has made it difficult to use in our film.

Solution

In order to resolve the problem with the iPhone clips we are now using Louise's original film footage from her phone. This has made a lot of difference as the footage is now less pixalated.

 

In contrast

Our footage in the Dark Room worked out really well using the camera. Our aim was to create an eerie atmosphere so that it would frighten the audience seeing Louise in a bad situation ie tied up. We used the red lighting to create a psychotic atmosphere so there could be connections of danger and fear within it and also turing out the lights it makes you unure what will happen in the darkness.

 
 Here is a screenshot of some our footage in the Dark Room. The effect of the red lighting works really word to create danger and adds tension to the film.