Saturday, 25 April 2015

Studio production Unit: Production - Trailer Filming Part 2

Around a week later the corridor that runs beside Studio 2 was booked for me to film shots 1 and 4 in and with a new cast list drafted (due to some being unavailable) myself, Jamie, Andy, Helen and Tim filmed the last two shots.

The corridor could only be booked for a lunchtime meaning time was most definitely of the essence: I didn't want to keep everyone waiting too long and starve them!

We managed to complete both the shots with 20-30 minutes of lunchtime left to spare which was a result. However the time it did take to film didn't come without issues:

- In shot 1 it goes out of focus at the beginning which was my fault. Next time I try something like this I may consider enlisting a focus puller to help take mine or the cameraman's mind off of having to focus the shot.

- Due to the rush I forgot to white balance the Canon: although it hasn't ruined the shots I do feel shot 4 is a bit yellow on the walls.

Despite these niggles I am proud of what I've accomplished. I love long takes: I like to incorporate them into as many of my shots as I can to create fluid storytelling without interrupting dialogues with hard cuts but they are very difficult to achieve. A guy with a standard shoulder rig isn't going to produce steady cam-level results and I was aware of this and it does show but overall I am very much looking forward to seeing how it looks in the final version.


Shot 1 out of focus at the start.

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