Day one of filming

After we all met up at Stephen's house we shot several scenes; firstly it was the second house scene, secondly the running outdoors scene (that we didn't manage to finish so it was leaked into our overflow day), thirdly we did the opening scene and we finally did the first house scene. 

The first set of filming we did, the second house scene, was a tough shot to do. We used lighting effectively to convey the feeling of a dark room- even though we began filming at 1:00pm. The use of blankets to cover the window worked rather well, as through the curtains you couldn't see the blankets blocking the sunlight.  We made use of a reflector to direct the artificial light, lighting up our main character's face.







 

How we recorded the pot smashing against the wall: A piece of wood resting on a suitcase leaning against the wall, to stop the pot smashing against anything that may break (ie: glass window). The curtains were always closed in this scene and they effectively blocked out the view of the wood.

We began filming our 'scavaging' scene; however half way through the filming we noticed a drastic change in lighting- one we couldn't recreate. So, we postponed that film shoot to the next day. 

We decided to take the time to record Foley sound for the pot breaking; below is evidence of ourselves recording the smashing of the pot:

 

With the change in time and lighting, we decided to do our opening shots. Making use of a hand-held, high-powered, torch and a blue filter we could still show the main character as well as an effective 'moody' lighting. Nonetheless, it was still really dark, thankfully the risks surrounding the road were low- plus a high visibility jacket to know we were filming resulted in no accidents. 

To wrap up the day we did the first house scene, a few simple shots that show our main character going to sleep and waking up again. Again, we made use of artificial lighting however this time we also used a black filter to block some of the light, as it was too much to give a dark vibe.