Location Changes
We kept the original location for Stacey and Stuart’s as there weren't any faults with the chosen choices. Both settings were spatious which was a benefit for our crew. Also, both locations looked the part and were believable to fit their characters. However, Bob’s final location had the worse possible lighting despite the main light in the room being turned on. This was due to the weather being dull providing little natural high key lighting. We quickly assessed the situation and changed location to the nearest available and suitable one. The second choice location was also with low key lighting but was better than the last. It was also more spatious but not have the required desk for Bob's scene. However, due to pressure we has to proceed to the best of our ability. The pan which should have been across a large desk showing his messy environment had to be done over his bed littered in clothes. The desk itself was tiny and was shoved into the corner and made it hard to get a good shot. Despite this, we still got the scenes we intended to have.
Blocking Changes
A few little details were changed as far as blocking is concerned. Stacey’s alarm clock was supposed to be in the centre of the frame, however, due to the position of the desk wherre it laid, we had it in the left side of the frame. This still worked however but removed the professional, clever feel. Due to the location change for the character Bob, he was also moved from the centre of the frame to the left side. This, too, made the film feel unprofessional. All other framing kept the same blocking layout. A personal favourite was the way in which we established an aerial shot of Stuart reading. It required carefully placing the tripod onto a tall lamp as the camera was still running, due to the button being too high to reach.
Prop Changes
So far each prop we listed to be used during the making of our film has been placed within each location, though not always visible within the frame. Though it isn’t always visible in the frame these props are still important as it helps keep the atmosphere of each character present. We also added several more props to each scene such as an Egyptian poster for Stacey’s scene stuck to the centre of her far wall. These little touches we fed to the audience through the enigma code to connote information regarding each character.
Today, bad luck was upon us as it was a dull, gloomy day creating little natural lighting. We intended for high key natural lighting for several scenes as in the morning it is not always common to have a lamp on but instead curtains drawn open. We had to make do trying to create high key lighting that looked natural. The one bit of luck that struck us, however, was that the new location for Bob had movable ceiling lights. Allowing us to aim the lighting in the direction necessary to get the best possible result.
Tomorrow we are filming the scene of all three boys together and the character Tom's montage. If the natural lighting is higher key we will also re-film any possibly scenes improving the quality of our film.
Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Due to the dull lighting of Sunday 13th March, we re-filmed Bob’s scenes. The naturalistic lighting helped improve the lighting of Bob's scenes drastically. Bob’s scene originally had an orange glow but not having to create the high key lighting, the orange glow faded away making the scene seem believable.
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