Construction Post 3: Reflections on our Main Shoot Session

Our main shoot went decently well, and especially in terms of the actual content there was certainly an improvement. We filmed roughly in the same order as on the test shoot, with some minor changes based on changes we had made to shots. Below there are two of the pages form our main shootboard.

The bedroom sequence went very well, as we were able to successfully replicate and improve on what we had done for this sequence in the Test shoot. The set was dressed more neatly and more thoroughly and the outfit that our main actor was wearing was improved to be more professional looking.

Then we went outside to shoot the outdoor sequence. As visible from our main shoot board:

this sequence was drastically different from our test shoot equivalent. The location was an easier to shoot and tonally better-fitting street, the jogger's costume was far better - now with shorts, trainers and a T-shirt rather than a hoodie and jogging bottoms. We struggled to frame certain shots outdoors, notably the shot of the jogger running towards the lawyer character, which we took 10 takes of in numerous different ways. Other than this, this sequence was fairly simple to shoot.

After this we went back inside and shot the kitchen sequence, which was slightly frustrating to shoot, as minimal problems and distractions resulted in many takes becoming useless. Nonetheless, it was still improved from the test shoot, as the final footage was more coherent and better framed. The final shots we filmed were the stalker shots, as these required the use of the lighting kit. These shots went well, as it was fairly mild and grey outside, meaning it was easy to see into the comparatively well-lit house through the kitchen windows. These shots were far better than the equivalents from the test shoot, as they had less exaggerated heavy breathing and showed the stalker trying to open the window with it's handle, adding in more tension and fear. The video below is some of our raw footage.

Overall, we achieved most of our goals, as we re-filmed everything to a satisfactory standard. However, we could have been better prepared in relation to how we were going to frame certain shots such as the outdoor and kitchen based shots.