DAY ONE
Shot one
We started filming by getting the shot of Stacey in the bed to do this we set up the camera to make sure the bed was in the frame and Stacey face could be seen.
We started filming but soon realised that it wouldnt work without timing it correctly so instead we set the alarm and counted it down would be better. You can hear the counting in some of the clips, this way all film-makers knew what to do as well as actors.
This was a shot of Stacey straightening her hair. we filmed this first and got about 6 seconds of footage. We then filmed her brushing it this was also about 6seconds. This worked well but wanted it to flow smoothly so we recorded them together for about 15seconds and this enabled us to cut it in editing.
This was a new scene as we did not prepare for it. while filming we realised that Stacey is in her pyjamas then she is suddenly in her daily clothes. this is a continuity problem, so we added an extra shot of her pulling her t shirt down, this worked for male gaze theory as well.
tissue scene, changed the angle from the original plan
was going to be from the side, stuffing in but changed it to all one shot, pulling down top, then stuffing bra.
acting was really good and she didn't mean prompting, looked really natural.
Changed angle again, but worked out better as it showed more varied angles. instead of filing her looking into the mirror putting on make up, pretend the camera was the mirror as she put it on looking towards us. This is considered as a point of view shot,
had to change sides because of lighting, was to dark in one corner of the room while she was reading so we wanted to change it so she was reading on her bed, taking advantage of the natural sunlight from the window.
We set up the camera several feet higher than Stuart so the audience could see within the frame the book connoting he is the nerdy geek. We had to have the camera's tripod balance on a table and a sofa to get the higher shot we desired what took some time.
Stuart is seen impatiently waiting as he sighs and looks at his watch.
We set up the camera to face the character head on, the shot was a mid shot.
Stuart looks through his window
This shot was suppose to be an easy to achieve shot of the character looking through his window connoting he was impatient for the day to begin. However, we did not think of any relection issues from the glass. Through the camera's eye you could not see the character Stuart but instead only the reflectiong of the crew. To solve this problem we ultered the shot so Stuart opens the window and looks out for his two fellow geek friend before once again closing it.
Stuart is seen walking through his door. This was an easy shot to achive but it started to rain whilst we were filming and therefore we had to have to people filming so that a umbrella could be used to stop the camera getting damaged.
Originaly we wanted the character Bob to be sitting on a chair leaning on his keyboard asleep. However, due to the change of locations we now have the character Bob sitting on his bed asleep upon the keyboard. This wasnt a big deal as the shot still looked good. We had to position the camera perfectly so when Bob stood up and exited the frame the shot didnt blur.
Bob is seen tucking his shirt in. We wanted the shirt to appear tight on Bob connoting little pride in appearnce. To do this a member of our film crew stood behind Bob pulling his shirt back making it appear tight.
To stay true to stereotypical geeks we wanted one character to have ashma. This character should be the one that appears the most un healthy. This was Bob so we have a shot of him using his inhaler connoting through an enigma code Bob is unhealthy.
The actor Bob decided to check himself out before the shot was filmed of him putting on his glasses. However, we left the camera rolling and thought the shot of him checking himself out before putting on his glasses was worthy to be placed in our opening.
Whilse filming Bob leave his front door we had to be coucious. This was due to the fact that if we went to far back we had other doors within the shot; something we did not intend to include. Also the path way the tripod was placed upon was uneven, making it diffucult to get a shot perfectly balanced. As a result it took several minutes to find the perfect angle that wouldnt capture other doors within the frame and would also keep the frame evenly angled.
Due to the actors only being able to film after school and the fret of the sunlight fading quickly we filmed this shot first, though it is the last to appear in the opening. This also saved the actors Bob and Stu time as they did not have to watch the filming of Tom's scenes first.
The shot of filming the character Tom watching the femernine show lose women required the moving of furniture. The sofa the actor, Harry, sat on was against the wall. We needed to push it forward so the camera crew could be centred behind him and capture the over the shoulder shot required. We also filmed this shot from the front to see if it would look better or suit the opening more correctly. It did not and was quickly scrapped from consideration of our final edit.
The gloves the character wears had to be done first, so that it was easy for continuity as he could keep them on throughout filming and didnt have to worry about them being on and off.
The batman belt given to the actor was to small to fit. As a result we didnt expect him to wear it so we ultered the shot so the audience could just see he was putting it on (but it was never actually fitted).
This was a shot of Tom putting on his white socks, we had to try it at least thre different ways including sitting on the bed, stand up and putting it on and using the chair to lean on. We tried the chair first but it moved very easily but we also tried to film it while someone was holding the chair down out of shot. This still didnt work so we tried him standing up but the actor found this hard to do. We then had him sit on the bed and put his sock on there. The bed worked well because of the white on black contrast.
This day we had forgotten to film Harry coming out of his front door. This was our own fault as it was planned to be done but our group got excited about finishing everything and didnt think about the last shot. This had to be done another time although this was easy to re film as someone in our group lived close to the actor and it was able to be filmed after school one day.
Problems faced with the shot was that the door was less than a meter away from the neighbouring one. There
was no way of avoiding it from our frame, it appeard within the shot slightly. To be as polite and thoughtful as possible and to insure the shot looked better we avoided as much as possible of the neighbouring door.
