Second Film Shoot

Today i conducted the second film shoot, which involved the love scenes. The female character was orginally supposed to wear a blonde wig, however i felt this spoiled the look of the seductive character. Whilst using the wig I encountered several problems resulting in having to adjust shot angles and distances becuase of the way it looked. I have decided to do away with the blonde wig because this ruined the natural beauty of the actress and did not set the right mood, using the wig made it look comical and this was not my intention. In doing this it is not completely avoiding the common codes and conventions of Film Noir, as it is supposed to be a modern take on the genre and i wish to subvert the common codes and conventions to make it unique.

I only encountered one problem with the technical equipment which was that it did not have a memory card therefore meant it only had 18 seconds of filming time. I resolved this by using the SD card from my photographic camera in the filming one.

Getting the set ready was an interesting task, as i have never had to prepare a set such as this. I had to pay attention to detail and ensure it looked right for the time period. I had to remove all forms of technology and modern clothing. I also had to make sure i wasn't caught in the reflection of the mirrors in the shots. I think i did well in the attention i paid to the set and the positioning of the camera, as i was not caught in the mirrors.

Overall i think this filming session went really well. The actors were believable, we finished on time and there were only a few technical glitches. I think that i could have filmed at various different angles to ensure i had a variety of shots to choose from as some were not good enough by way of not enough of the set could be seen, and therefore the audience may not be able to grasp the idea of the shot.