Today we filmed the narration and present
day shots with Louis.
The narration part we filmed first so that
we could spend a fair bit of time getting the correct phrasing and emotion
behind each line. I explained my thoughts behind each line and we briefly
discussed what Jack would be feeling so that Louis could really capture the
right tone of voice. He did a great job and even brought new things to the
table and I think really gave the right voice to jack as a narrator. I’m really
pleased I decided to go with having jack as the narrator rather than his mum as
it better suits the film.
The filming we began by filming by the park
and had Louis approach and stand and look at the merry go round. It didn’t take
long but as the day was sunny it also gave a different feel to the film. Then
we filmed the garages, again the lighting really helped to create a ‘different’
day feel and bring a different tone.
Then was the reshoot of some of the footage in the woods. When I checked
the footage there was 1 shot where Louis’ face was blurry so I needed to refilm
this however due to the sun light the tree we had used was not going to work
for day for night so I found a different tree and just reshot all of louis’
woodland scenes and I feel it really works a lot better this time.
Then we filmed the 1 shot of Louis opening
the curtains that I had an issue with. It worked a lot better this time with
the use of the aperture and wasn’t too dark or too bright.
Then we went to the river while it was
still light to film the last few scenes. Unfortunately I had work at 5 and we
arrived at the river at 4 so we had 20 minutes to shoot the whole thing and
with Rochester carnival being on parking was a nightmare. Luckily we found a
space straight away, and quickly went to the location. The path was empty so we
had Louis run through each scene and then went for a take. It went really well
and despite the rush we managed to get everything done in the time frame.
Things I would do differently is allow for
enough time to film and not to rush. It isn’t a great idea to have pre existing
plans on shoot days so next time I will make sure I have all my shoot days free
and expect the unexpected incase of any emergencies. I am overall pleased with
my filming ability as it is something that I really had to research to get
right and I think that paid off.
Stay safe,
Helen
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