Filming Log One

Today my group went to our filming location for roughly two hours to begin our filming.We all worked together coming up with ideas and such, and working together well.
We did test shots as well as filming that we would use for the title sequence.
We began by filming a 360 pan shot of the living area which we will use to display credits on various wall spaces in the shot. The shot has a lot of character with the vintage decoration and the old art pieces with the old clock, which really emphasises that the house belongs to an elderly person. When I first tried this shot I had the camera on a tripod and turned it all the way round stopping whenever the credits would be due to appear. However it seemed jolty and the lighting was too bright and kept creating shadows of me and the tripod on the wall I was filming. As we were using natural light Laine closed the curtains and placed objects at either end holding them back slightly to allow enough light so the shot wasn't too dark but not too much to create shadow. This particular shot took quite a few re-shoots. When we thought we had it right we watched back the footage and realised an armchair was spoiling part of the shot so I moved it aside to clear the space for a re-shoot, which came together after the furniture rearrangement.
The second shot we successfully filmed was a shot from the bottom of the stairs looking up which was filmed using the camera on a tripod.
The third shot that was successfully filmed was one beginning at the top of the stairs using a steadicam which then came down the stairs revealing french paintings on the wall on the way down. The lighting was a little difficult to get right but was soon sorted.