I think today's filming went better than I expected. As I have not done anything like this before it took me a while to get used to handling the camera and tripod. However, I was soon able to get on with what I needed to do. The talent put on a very convincing performance and they obeyed my stage directions without any issues.
We began by filming the scenes which involved the couple arguing and where Leah tells Jordan of her diagnosis. I did this by filming over the shoulder shots, close ups and extreme close ups according to my storyboard in different locations around the kitchen. I used the main lighting to create the effect which I wanted. However, I did have some problems with achieving the correct lighting for the camera to focus on both Leah and Jordan, I overcame this problem by adjusting the lighting until I was satisfied.
Next, we moved on to the scene where Leah throws various objects around the bedroom. Looking back at my footage, the close up shot of Leah entering the bedroom is out of focus and I will need to shoot this again on another day. I was also unable to gain a good extreme close up of the books on the shelf due to lighting. Therefore, I made the decision to cut this shot out as it wasn't too significant. I had forgotten to shoot a mid close up where Leah is seen actually throwing the teddies and books around the room. Consequently, I will film this shot along with the other close up on another day.
A further problem which I had was that Leah ran too quickly into the sharp corner of my bed when I was attempting to a film a long shot, which involved her running around the bed to sit on the other side. She bruised her leg quite badly, so I advised her to apply some Sudocrem to the bruise and to take it easy for the rest of the night. After some discussion, she told me she was okay to carry on filming for the rest of the night.
We then moved on to the boxing scene which involved Jordan on his own. I shot several long and mid shots to show his anger and fury at what was going on in his life. I also decided to shoot an unplanned long shot with a tilt so the audience might wonder what it is that he is doing and possibly feel sympathy for him as a character. This will give me more footage to work with during the editing process. This scene went very well and didn't take as much time as the previous scenes had done.
Finally, we moved on to the scene where Leah is running to the toilet to be sick. At first I struggled to set the camera up in a position which would create the shot that I had in mind. After moving the camera around and trying different positions I finally found an angle which I was pleased with. I shot some high angle mid shots to show how vulnerable Leah is as a character, and some close ups to show the intimacy between the couple when Jordan is looking after her.
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