Film Diary (Part Two)

We filmed the interior scenes afterwards to avoid lighting condition problems which would affect the Mise en scene of the opening by making the exterior scenes look like they were based at a different time of day than they were meant to be.

We began filming the interior scenes after a break for about 45 minutes during which we prepared the first scene for filming while the actor relaxed. A lot of the room we were using had to be changed and replaced to look aesthetically appropriate for our character and narrative, e.g. an untidy bed, no female related products or bright pink colours, etc...

In order to save time we created the broken glass mirror first and filmed this part before any other scenes so we could clear it up and film the rest of the scene afterwards.
The most difficult part of filming we found was achieving the right angle with such little space, so some shots appeared smaller than intended. The filming took about an hour overall.


Afterwards we gave the actor another quick break so we could clear up the last scene and set up for the final one, which took roughly 20 minutes.

This was our first set up for this scene (right)which we decided looked a little plain on its own an it needed more meaning given to it.

We then found a bright building light which we wanted to use to highlight the daytime setting and give the scene a more nostalgic feel.

This lead to us finding it looked very effective when half the scene was darkened to reflect the character's path of going from light to dark.

The problem with this was when the character walked past the light there was a large shadow on the wall behind so after a few minutes of experimenting we figured a book covering the side of the light was the best option or hiding this.

Once set up was complete we began filming which took us more or less 45 minutes due to us testing angles which might work better to make the scene more interesting for the audience.

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