The filming process day 1 (part 2)

Date: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Time: 11:45am-12:20pm
Moments filmed: Rage
Personnel needed: Matthew Herriott (Camera/director), Evie Brookes-Payne (Producer/Mya Brown)
Props: None
Equipment: Camera, Tripod

As what would potentially be one of the most challenging shots to film, as well as the fact that the trailer will cut straight from panic into this moment so that the audience can get an idea of just how badly affected Mya has been by her traumatic past, we decided to go for rage next. The reason as to why this moment was going to be so complicated was due to the fact that we were going to have to completely reset the desk with every attempt of the second shot so that the desk doesn't create a continuity error - the reason for this being because in this moment Mya swipes all of her stuff away when she can't focus on the work she is trying to do.

In working out how exactly we were going to present rage was a difficult task because Evie and I disagreed on what exactly we wanted the second shot to look like. She believed that the best thing to do would be to have Mya storm out of shot but I thought it would be better to have her storm out through the door (whether that was to leave the building entirely or just to escape from where she was presently is up for debate because it could be interpreted either way, but the point was that she couldn't focus/couldn't cope). In the end we went with my suggestion because that is more typical of shots in which the character is seen to storm away as well as the fact that it gives a better definintion for where she has gone and how far we have to follow her with the camera.

An important consideration that we picked up from filming these shots (although that was not a problem here due to the fact that we're going to be taking the audio out) is that we need to be careful of what constitues the background audio - we need to make sure that any unwanted sound is filtered out.

Ultimately, fun as this moment was to film, it was also good to get it out the way because of how challenging and time consuming it was and knowing that we had this one done was a real relief.