Prelimanry task filming

Now we could get onto doing our filming task. We had our script and cast ready and all we needed to do now was make the task.

We originally decided to film our task off site in a park so it could add suspense into the scene and make our clip look more interesting for the viewers. However due to lack of timing and not being able to meet up too film the task we decided instead to film it somewhere near the school. We dawned to film it in the small garages near the school to add a feeling to the lives of the people in the area and that its common to find drug dealing in rough areas like these. However although the location was good we soon discovered we had a problem, there was no doors for a character to walk through so we decided instead to film our task outside the school grounds near the sports hall.

We soon found the ideal location to film our task where we could get some good shots of our characters as they came towards each other and exchanged their dialog within the scene. I took pictures of the locations we were going to shoot at before the we started our main filming itself. Here are some of the pictures of where we were going to film.

This was the area where Dan and Tom sit on the bench and exchange their dialogs

 

 

This was the bench which Tom walks up the stairs on the way to the bench

 

 

 

This is the door in the sports hall where Tom walked through at the start of the scene.

 

 



For our filming we would start off in the sports door where our drug dealer, Tom. would walk through the door outside. The camera would be at shoulder height and allow Tom to walk into the shot and then cut once he disappeared outside. This is used to give off a sense of curiosity for the audience as they watch the start of the scene.  Next we decided to film Tom walking up the two sets of stairs to the bench where Dan, the guy who is the innocent person in the film, is waiting for him. We recorded these shots down low so that only his lower legs and feet where visible as he was doing so. This was used to create suspicion about what this guy is doing and why he hasn't had his face shown yet.

In between the two scenes where his feet are shown we see the guy on the bench, Dan, looking in front and behind him and craning his neck as though he is looking for someone. For this shot we used a mid-shot so we could see in full detail what the boy is doing and who he is looking for. We also express his feelings in the shot with body language because by showing his body positioning as well as his facial expressions, it helps capture the characters feelings in a more direct way for the audience as they watch, wondering what is going to happen next.

After the second shot of Tom's feet we decided to use a set of very interesting and composed shots in the scene. The first shot we used was a mixed shot showing a close up of Dan's nervous face in the foreground as the primary focus whilst in the back ground Tom, slightly blurred out, can be seen coming up the last of the steps towards Dan on the bench. We used this shot to capture the nervousness of the Character on the bench in more depth by showing his face in more detail with a closer shot of his face, and with Tom walking in the background it blurred out it gives the audience the understanding of why he's nervous and agitated. After that the next shot was a two shot showing Dan sitting on the bench looking at his feet, then Tom walks on and sits down next to him, fitting the two characters perfectly within the same frame. This shot is used to show the emotions between the two characters, Dan who's low and looking down on the floor and not making eye contact whilst Tom is sat upright and expecting that something is going to happen now he has arrived.

Finally at the end of the clip we show a close up of the two characters as they exchange their lines, Dan, still looking nervous and uneasy looks up quickly and says "have you got the stuff?". Then the camera switches its focus onto Tom using the same shot and replies with "Of course I have" with a slight smirk on his face after he says so before the screen cuts to black ending the scene. These shots are used in a way to signal a cliff-hanger about what is going to happen next and adds interest and curiosity after the scene ends.

Once these clips where complete we edited all the scenes in place and instead of adding music, we added only a Non-Diegetic heart beat sound effect to enhance the suspense further as he the characters meet and exchange their Dialog. However we discovered a key problem as Tom's line at the end of the film was quite that the audience could not hear it very well and we tried to make it louder but this did not work. Eventually we had to end the clip earlier buy cutting out his line so the screen cut to black just before he was about to speak. We also used a wide range of transitions in the clip to build up tension and curiosity even when the shots where changing from one to another.

After weeks of preparing and planning and lots of timing filming our task was completed and here is our finished product in the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxwQhun0Gis