Production (Filming): Day 1

During our first filming day, as the weather was good and not raining, also having the relevant equipment and actors, we decided to start on the external shots. We filmed the very first scene where Danny bikes over to Thomas' house for the sleepover. This being down the road of Overthorpe. As the main character which was acted by my fellow film partner Jimmy, I filmed the shots for the start. 


The equipment we used were a Nikon D3300, the Magnus tripod and a GoPro 3. We firstly did a few long shots of me coming into frame from the distance just to introduce the scene and familiarise the surroundings for the audience, then we moved to do more mid shots to learn more about the character and introduce him properly. 

Me filming one of the hand held shots for the scenes.

This was used through focus shifting and linear editing. For these shot we just used the camera and the tripod, however for some shots to make the camera appear more shaky we used the camera handheld to add an effect of realism. 

We attempting early evening (around 5pm) to film the scene of Thomas and Danny running away from the stalker, this was a sort of feel session where we deciding on the available lighting and the different shots in which would be effective. However from this we learnt that it wouldn't be successful and so we need to film earlier, and maybe order a filming light from school to us just in case of lack of lighting.

Here are some test shots we did today: 

(Not all the shots, however most of the important shots we kept and worth showing.)