Production - Filming Day 1

30/10/17 

Filming in Middleton Cheney, at my house

• The first filming day took place at my house. Here we took shots in several locations of my house getting shots to begin editing.  The first location we shot in was my bedroom.  Here we got shots of the couple in bed and shots of the female sat against the wall in bed.  The shots in bed were meant to be representative of the females love and obsession with the male; she lay staring at him.  The other shot of the female sat on the bed, was meant to look like he was filming her and it showed her vulnerability.  These shots were very successful and powerful.  The shots of the couple in bed had both Ollie and myself in shot and therefore, I used a tripod pointing down at the bed and then moved into shot after I had pressed play. 
• The second location was in my garden.  Here we did many different shots.  
• The first set of shots we did here were smoking shots.  We took it in terns to film each other
  smoking.  These were powerful shots as it showed the male influencing the female  To take these shots I took a light outside.  This allowed me to place the light behind the individual smoking so that the smoke would be lit up, as we did the shots in the dark.   When Ollie had to film me, I directed him on how I wanted the shot to be.  These shots were highly successful.
  
  
• We remained outside for the next shot, however changed clothing and two more people came to help us.
• The  next shots were meant to be paparazzi shots of the couple.  To do this we had Harry Beck on the camera filming us.  I did some test shots of just Ollie on his own to show Harry how I wanted the shots to be and then Harry Mimicked the shots which I did, with the two of us in.  I also had my second person, being my brother, use another camera to create flashes.  I could of added flashes in editing, however doing it this way made it more realistic and raw.   
   
• These shots were also very successful. 
• Once we had finished filming all of these shots, I had an idea on the day.  Although these shots were not planned, I had an idea to shoot in the kitchen.  I was inspired by a shot I analysed in 'Skins' of the characters leaning over a sink and doing drugs.  For my version of this, I kept the light outside and shone it in through the window.  I then turned off all of the lights in the kitchen and any light which would interrupt the single light from outside.  I filmed Ollie stood in front of the sink, with the light outlining him.  This shot was very powerful.  I then stood beside him and kissed him.  This was one of the most successful shots I have filmed so far.  It was very powerful.  
• This was a very successful filming day .