Day 2 of filming

For our second day of filming we planned out our goals roughly on a piece of paper by listing the shots we aimed to do. However as the day progressed the light became too dark to complete, so we had to leave out a few shots for a final day of filming. Here were our aims for the day:

-Shots of the male and female character leaving the house (experiment with a variation of distance shots)

-Male character getting in the car 

-Girl waiting to be picked up

-Male character picking up the girl; film from her perspective and do a pan of the car arriving, for a range of shots

-Her getting into the car 

-Car lock being turned on by male character; to make the clear implication that she was being kidnapped or 'swept'

One shot we particularly liked was the one of her leaving her driveway, for this we decided to film a still shot from behind a gate (half of the shot was the path she began to walk on and half was the blurry fence). This shot is called selective focus. This gave the idea that someone was spying and created an immediately uneasy feeling, which we felt would complement our genre of gritty drama perfectly. Moreover, the rusty, decayed and pointy gate has negative connotations; which encapsulate the dark and uneasy mood of our piece.

Another shot we liked was the static-crab shot of the male character. Here, he walks towards/into/over the camera and drops the cigarette next to the camera, this looked very aesthetically pleasing. The fact that he is above the camera reflects his oppressive authoritative role in the film. We also wanted to have him smoking to show the age difference between the two contrasting characters; him being older (the one who's taking advantage)