The filming process of ‘Pen Friends’ took roughly two days. We hoped that it would have only taken us a day, but due to complications we had to postpone filming and resume another day. Memory card B stopped working and memory card A was full. To try and resolve this problem we deleted all the unnecessary footage off memory card A, this allowed us to take a few more shots. When we went back to college we resolved the problem and we were able to resume filming the next day .
After filming our preliminary match cut film, we were all reasonably comfortable with using the cameras. We also used our time efficiently as we were well prepared as we had all of our props and our story board , which had enough detail to guide us through the filming process so we knew exactly when we wanted a match-cut and what effects and camera angels we wanted to go for. We re-filmed the same actions a number of times from different angles this allowed us to have a variety of shots when we were editing.
In our film we had an outside location and an indoors location. I found it a lot easier to film in the indoor location as it was a easier to keep everything constant, this helped to minimise continuity errors. It was hard filming outside as there was a lot more variables we had to take into consideration such as pedestrians and different cars walking past. I had to make s
ure that the same things were in each shot so them we edited it we had continuity. There was also a lot more distraction in our outside locations, there was road works going on and this drowned out some of our natural sound, but in a way it made it seem naturalistic as in everyday life you come across road works and other disturbances.
As well as the video camera we used a boom and an attachable light. We had dialogue in our film therefore it was vital that we picked it up and it was clear, so we attached a ‘boom’. There was not enough light in the indoors location so we attached a light, we were able to change the intensity of
the light so it still looked like the inside of a house.
I don’t the majority of the filming and I think the most interesting shot was when I set the camera up under the table in front of the shoebox that contained the threatening letters. When jasmine pulled out the box you was able to see her hands and her face. I liked this shot because it was at a different angel to all the other shots and it showed the box at an interesting perspective.
Personally I think the filming process went quite well, but if I had to film it again I would check all of our equipment before we left site, this would of made the process a bit more stress free. But apart from that I really enjoyed taking part in filming and directing the opening of this thriller.
After filming our preliminary match cut film, we were all reasonably comfortable with using the cameras. We also used our time efficiently as we were well prepared as we had all of our props and our story board , which had enough detail to guide us through the filming process so we knew exactly when we wanted a match-cut and what effects and camera angels we wanted to go for. We re-filmed the same actions a number of times from different angles this allowed us to have a variety of shots when we were editing.
In our film we had an outside location and an indoors location. I found it a lot easier to film in the indoor location as it was a easier to keep everything constant, this helped to minimise continuity errors. It was hard filming outside as there was a lot more variables we had to take into consideration such as pedestrians and different cars walking past. I had to make s
ure that the same things were in each shot so them we edited it we had continuity. There was also a lot more distraction in our outside locations, there was road works going on and this drowned out some of our natural sound, but in a way it made it seem naturalistic as in everyday life you come across road works and other disturbances. As well as the video camera we used a boom and an attachable light. We had dialogue in our film therefore it was vital that we picked it up and it was clear, so we attached a ‘boom’. There was not enough light in the indoors location so we attached a light, we were able to change the intensity of
the light so it still looked like the inside of a house.I don’t the majority of the filming and I think the most interesting shot was when I set the camera up under the table in front of the shoebox that contained the threatening letters. When jasmine pulled out the box you was able to see her hands and her face. I liked this shot because it was at a different angel to all the other shots and it showed the box at an interesting perspective.
Personally I think the filming process went quite well, but if I had to film it again I would check all of our equipment before we left site, this would of made the process a bit more stress free. But apart from that I really enjoyed taking part in filming and directing the opening of this thriller.
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