Practice Shooting

Yesterday our group went to our location to do a practice shooting session and to show the rest of our group the location (as they were both absent from the previous lesson). The main purpose of the practice session was to test potential shots and to see if our location would work as well as we thought it would. Since Anthony Wilson was playing the main protagonist I decided that I (Jack) would film Anthony in some potential scenes. - Jack

As the main protagonist, I (Anthony) was immediately placed in the action, testing out different reactions within the initial wake up scene. Jack was extremely helpful in letting me know what worked and what didn't work within myself waking up in this strange place. Notwithstanding this we felt it would be good test out around 5 or 6 different shots within the space of around 10 seconds to decide which ones would fit well continuity wise. From low angles to POV's we needed to ensure it flowed, and that we would be able to perform it as good as, if not better, in the correct weather conditions on the day of shooting. Unfortunately, the cameras battery fell low so we proceeded back to the editing room where Jack began to edit the footage under my eye, giving out suggestions until we were pleased that this is in fact our perfect location. -Anthony

Overall I believe this was very successful as we all decided that our story/location was absolutely perfect and we thought of a lot of great camera shots and angles. While walking away from our location I thought of a great poster idea for our film and Harvey Young took the picture using his iPhone. After viewing the picture we all decided that it would be perfect for our poster. - Jack