Our shoot began at 9 in the morning. We collected equipment which included a Sony PD170 MINI DV CAM, SUSPENSION MOUNT, REDHEAD VIDEO LIGHTS+TRIPOD and
Props from the theatre which include the smoke machine( which we didn't actually use as it will set the fire alarm) and black cloth etc. We took them to the main house as we first decided to shoot the corridor part first. But as it is too bright outside so we won't be able to use the red heads to create the shadow of the bars on the windows. On the other hand the black cloth won't be strong enough to block the sun light totally. So at last, we decided to shoot in the lodge first. So we move to the lodge and set upped the camera in Dalia’s room as planned( we took photo of it and discussed before)
due to the cool decoration. After our actor Gemma finished dressing up we start shooting. The first part went well we learned that to cover the red head with a blue limpid could create an early morning feeling. However we do have a problem of how to have the foot print on the floor without damage the actual carpet in the room and how can we have the ‘goowy’ tart. We than decided to borrow the black paint and a n old carpet from the theatre. As the problem has solved we start the shooting we learned some shooting techniques which are new to us such as to do a focus pull. After this part’s shoot which went quite successfully we did a bit of another version of shooting in a neat and elegant room. 
However, after that, we have another problem of how to have the ‘goowy’ tart coming out from the floor as obviously we don’t want to pour a whole bucket of black paint on the library floor. After a discussion with between the group and Matt we agreed to change our plan and shoot outside on the grass. Luckily, when we all moving out the weather becomes good and there were a glamorous sunset and the light it created was just fantastic and gives a splendid and mystery feeling which just fit our story! So we quickly set out camera and other equipment up and start shooting quickly to catch the amazing shoot. At last we made it! And it was brilliant! Than we fall into another rush as the sun goes down the light just become darker and darker so if we couldn’t shoot the next scene which is the tart coming out of the ground and coming up to her body now, the light won’t match. So we quickly mixed another bucket of the tart with the black paint and set all the equipment up again. And we find a tube to spread the tart. The first shoot didn’t go very well the tart was too thick and it weren’t spread out so we mixed another bucket and tried again and it was good.
As it becomes dark we could finally move to the library and shoot the scenes there. We set out the red heads behind the book shelf and it creates an amazing mystery and visionary feeling.
The shooting went really well and we also recorded the background music with Heather playing the harp we got a lot of amazing shoots of parts of her playing the harp. Then we went on the shooting in the corridor we put candles on both side of the corridor which gives us a mystery feeling the shooting in the corridor went quite quickly. And everything was great!
After the shooting I become more confident. I think we did a good job and the things we need to improve in the future may be the planning of timing such us when to shoot different scenes. And make sure we get every props beforehand. And also make second hand preparation for bad weather.
Props from the theatre which include the smoke machine( which we didn't actually use as it will set the fire alarm) and black cloth etc. We took them to the main house as we first decided to shoot the corridor part first. But as it is too bright outside so we won't be able to use the red heads to create the shadow of the bars on the windows. On the other hand the black cloth won't be strong enough to block the sun light totally. So at last, we decided to shoot in the lodge first. So we move to the lodge and set upped the camera in Dalia’s room as planned( we took photo of it and discussed before)
due to the cool decoration. After our actor Gemma finished dressing up we start shooting. The first part went well we learned that to cover the red head with a blue limpid could create an early morning feeling. However we do have a problem of how to have the foot print on the floor without damage the actual carpet in the room and how can we have the ‘goowy’ tart. We than decided to borrow the black paint and a n old carpet from the theatre. As the problem has solved we start the shooting we learned some shooting techniques which are new to us such as to do a focus pull. After this part’s shoot which went quite successfully we did a bit of another version of shooting in a neat and elegant room. 
However, after that, we have another problem of how to have the ‘goowy’ tart coming out from the floor as obviously we don’t want to pour a whole bucket of black paint on the library floor. After a discussion with between the group and Matt we agreed to change our plan and shoot outside on the grass. Luckily, when we all moving out the weather becomes good and there were a glamorous sunset and the light it created was just fantastic and gives a splendid and mystery feeling which just fit our story! So we quickly set out camera and other equipment up and start shooting quickly to catch the amazing shoot. At last we made it! And it was brilliant! Than we fall into another rush as the sun goes down the light just become darker and darker so if we couldn’t shoot the next scene which is the tart coming out of the ground and coming up to her body now, the light won’t match. So we quickly mixed another bucket of the tart with the black paint and set all the equipment up again. And we find a tube to spread the tart. The first shoot didn’t go very well the tart was too thick and it weren’t spread out so we mixed another bucket and tried again and it was good.
As it becomes dark we could finally move to the library and shoot the scenes there. We set out the red heads behind the book shelf and it creates an amazing mystery and visionary feeling.
The shooting went really well and we also recorded the background music with Heather playing the harp we got a lot of amazing shoots of parts of her playing the harp. Then we went on the shooting in the corridor we put candles on both side of the corridor which gives us a mystery feeling the shooting in the corridor went quite quickly. And everything was great!
After the shooting I become more confident. I think we did a good job and the things we need to improve in the future may be the planning of timing such us when to shoot different scenes. And make sure we get every props beforehand. And also make second hand preparation for bad weather.
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