On Friday the 23rd a group of three and I went off the Hayling Island (next to Portsmouth) to shoot our short opening for our film. The reason for going down to Portsmouth area was because we wanted to shoot down on the coast. This was because this is different to the usual idea of shooting in a built up area. Also the coast is often used in lots of indie films. We stayed at a member of the groups house, (Ben King) because they lived right next to the coast and this is the reason for us going to Hayling Island.
We started shooting early hours of the morning so that we had maximum shooting time before the tied came in to far. We realised straight away that we would need to shoot these shots over more then one day due to the fact we could not finish our shots before the tied came in. We found when filming on the beach there where many problems. For example, because it was so bright, we were unable to visualise on the camera wether the shots we in/out of focus. This was another reason why we needed to go back to the beach; we found when looking through the shots on a computer some of the needed shots where out of focus. Another problem was found in the lighting. Due to the sun being out, it meant the subject was saluted. However this in some cases worked in our favour because the shots where quit interesting.
We then had to shoot our shots for a different scene. This took place in the house in which we where staying. This shoot was much easier; we had everything we needed with us so we could easily review the footage while filming. We try a variety of different shots to achieve a more intriguing sequence. For example, in this image we where trying to get a nice POV from inside the trunk. In my opinion this shot came out very well because its makes the character look isolated and alone. In this scene was the only bit of dialog from this shoot. However, this bit of dialog was no longer then a few words because we thought dialog doe not look very good when we attempted it.
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