I was in group 1 and we were lucky enough to have filmed in the studio with Mat. The location really helped us set the mood, we had all the technical help from the lighting and set to make are short film great.
The brick work on the set and the hard floor set a mood and an atmosphere of an unfriendly and harsh basement look.
I was working with Adam and Victor and as the people we had asked to be in our video were unable to come Adam and Victor became the actors and I became the director and camera man. This was actually a lot of fun, in the beginning I was a little worried and unsure but Mat kept saying that I had to take charge and so I did. By the end of the shoot I knew exactly what I was doing and we would bubble the tri pod and look at the frame and the background each time making sure everything was perfect. Victor had some really good ideas for different camera angles and we tried almost every single angle possible but still making sure that we would never cross the 180 line.
LIGHTING
We tried different types of lighting as we were unsure if we wanted to have a harsh lighting to set an intense mood or a low lighting to set a mood of mystery. But in the end we chose a very harsh lighting in the room and the light from outside was quite low, this gave the basement room a very intense atmosphere this also helped us to see the actors expressions clearly as this was very important to the shot. The lighting also cast a shadow which gave the atmosphere a scary feel about it, it also helped a lot as if we were doing a close up on an actors face, in one shot we were able to see the other actors shadow and this made him look daunting.
CAMERA WORK AND ANGLES
There is so much that goes into making a film and so much that goes into camera work, and while we were making this short movie I began to realize the effort that it takes. We first filmed the film all the way trough using different camera angles each time. We did a wide angle shot first then a mid shot then an over the shoulder shot then some close ups. After we had done all of these necessary shots we began creating other ones and coming up with different ideas. Victor had a great idea to film the sequence through the door so that we would be able to see one of the actors storming out of the door, and this was a very interesting and effective camera angle. Then an idea I had was to put the tripod on a chair and extend the legs to their full capacity so that we could get a very high angle shot, this made one of the actors look inferior which really helped give an effect to the scene.
Each time we moved the camera we would bubble the tri pod and make sure that the shot was framed correctly and that there was no backlights or things that were not part of the set in the shot. And each time we filmed I would have to say “STANDBY” and “ROLLING” then “ACTION” then “CUT” and all of these terms used during filming are extremely necessary, useful and important. I would also have the camera rolling for about five seconds before I said action and then about five seconds after we had finished before I said cut. This made sure that when the camera was rolling and the actors had began straight away it would give the camera man time to see if the tape was good or bad, and this is very important because if you were working on a huge movie and there was a 30 million dollar explosion about to take place and you said action before the tape had been running for a few seconds and the tape then was a bad one, you would have wasted the 30 million dollars, and then the film company would not be very happy with you. So all of these things are very important and they help organize the director so that they are able to control a huge cast and to know what is happening at all times, to get the perfect film.
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