Filming

Diary of day shooting

Due to my experimenting with ideas throughout production; I had various filming locations. At each location I did encounter some difficulties such as camera position, lighting and weather conditions.

This was the first location I experimented with. When filming certain scenes the camera was portrait which consequently made the footage look unprofessional and unconventional in terms of cinematic framing. Furthermore this location was about an hours drive away which made it difficult to return to make any adjustments so I decided to change my narrative and sub-genre to something I could achieve closer to home.

Here is some of the recorded footage from this location.

This was my second location I used during my filming. Unfortunately the weather impacted how accessible it was to film there; there were a couple sunny days which I felt were inappropriate to the tone I was trying to convey of a dystopian environment. We also had to be considerate with the public and make sure the location of filming was empty to maintain public safety. This was because during filming it was dark and we were running in and around locations that could startle or panic a member of the public. I did not feel this story would of carried an effective narrative and came across predictable to me so I decided to try another new idea.

Here is some of the recorded footage from this location.

This was my third and final attempt a finding a good filming location. The location was my house; it was suitable as it was easily accessible 24/7 and when I was brainstorming some ideas, it was an optimum location for the narrative I was trying to convey. However some high angle shots were hard to position due to a lack of equipment.

Shooting schedule

Because I was working on my own, I had a lot of flexibility on what I wanted to do and when I could do it. As a consequence I worked in time frames and due multiple reshoots my schedule was not followed strictly .

Editing diary
Editing was the final step in creating my production piece; once filming was done. I started by creating my production company intro.

The images above show a couple intros that I was considering using for various reasons.  Each of them contain the colour blue; this is because Patient Productions' logo is blue so I wanted to keep to the colour scheme and blue connotes loneliness and because Patient Productions is an independent company, the idea of being separated and solo I feel is conveyed through the use of this colour.