On this day of filming, I filmed roughly about 3 seconds worth of film focusing on the establishing shot of an underpass tunnel. This part of the filming was successful at first take and did not need to be re-shot.
Why?
- This is to get a idea in the audiences mind about where the protagonist is and what she near to and what the area is like. Filming an underpass meant that the scene is quite gritty and would be perfect for a typical British Drama.
- The graffiti on the walls show that individuals/gangs have been there before and could suggest that they have 'marked their territory'. This makes the area look more gritty and eerie. When I reached this destination to film, I didn't expect to see leaves and little rubbish on the floor. But, when I shot the scene, it turned out to be an advantage and the rustling of the leaves and sounds of empty drink cans rolling on the floor made more of an effect to the fact that the area is very silent, eerie and empty with no one around.
- Although the sound in this scene was effective, we have decided to use a soundtrack in the background of our opening scene so the sounds of the drink cans and leaves cannot be heard. The soundtrack has much more of an effect and reaches our expectations and suits our opening scene.
- Some problems during this filming were that I had to wait sometimes for members of the public to pass through which was quite frequent as It was filmed during a busy time when people were returning home from school and work.
- As time went on, the lighting got darker outside but I managed to shoot this part before it got too dark. This ended up as an advantage as it did look like it was shot very early in the morning when the sun first rises.
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