Filming - Day 1

Group members present: Mandy, Sophie, Libby.

Following our shooting script, we knew which scenes we wanted to film on this day:

Establishing Shot.
The establishing shot was of the exterior of the toilet, which would be shown at the start of our film opening as a background for the opening credits. We faced some difficulties when filming this shot: as it was an outdoor shot we were concerned the natural light would not be bright enough and as a result the shot would appear dull on the computer. However, later during the editing process we found this was not the case. Another difficulty we faced was uneven ground when filming, unfortunately although the camera appeared to be level, when editing we found the shot was slanted and so we had to re-film.

Toilet Scene.

We also filmed the toilet scene, this included the first scenes of the opening with our main protagonist. The toilet was an ideal location because it was secluded and so there would be no unwanted background noise and it also looked quite run-down which followed the context of our film opening. We tried to follow our storyboard as much as possible as so wanted to use a variety of shots, such as: mid shots, high angled shots and long shots to show her from the front, back and side. We used the camera on the tripod for all of these shots to ensure the shot was steady and during the editing process we used jump cuts to maintain continuity. The artificial lighting already avaliable in the toilets and the natural light from outside kept the shots well-lit throughout the day and followed the storyboard well as it connoted that it was the early hours of the morning. There was a porblem, however, when we needed to shoot a scene meant to be at night but it wasn't dark enough despite our efforts to cover the windows and turn off the artifical lights, so we decided to re-film this night scene.
Lastly, we did a close up shot of Sophie's face and zoomed into her eye. We found this problematic as the shot was unsteady and became out of focus as we zoomed in. However, after many attempts, we achieved the shot we wanted and we were happy with the result.

The Vomit.
Our storyboard shows the protagonist walk over to the toilet sink and vomit, therefore in order to make this scene as realistic as possible we made some fake 'vomit' using juice, oats, hot chocolate and peaches. It was put in Sophie's mouth and from a mid shot to the side we filmed her being sick which added a good effect and looked very believable.