Shoot 1: Tunnel in New Southgate

Yesterday we had our first proper shoot and it was actually quite productive as we got a lot of the shots we wanted.

Costume

MAIN GIRL (Mia)
sparkly silver/black dress
Make-up - Quite heavy eye-make up, predominantly black
Silver and black jewellery
Black sandals

MAIN MASKED FIGURE (Selina)
Faded blue jeans
Suit jacket
Half-face white mask
Make-up - red lipstick

Props

Tealights
Candles
Smashed mirror
Black stick

We decided that the shots in the tunnel would be where Mia would lip-synch, which is what we did. We filmed some static shots for instance a MCU of Mia sitting against a wall and static shots at the end of the tunnel with Mia walking towards and away from the camera. We also did the same shot with Selina as the masked figure.

We also got some handheld shots of both the main girl and the masked figure. For some shots, we placed the tealights in a circle with Mia in the middle and a mirror. We got some shots of the masked figure in the reflection of the mirror. Reflections is also going to be a reccuring theme in our video so it was important ot use the mirror. We also used the tealights along with the candles in other shots by placing them along the sides of the tunnel. Mia then walked through the tunnel stopping to look at the flames every so often. This looked really good on camera.

In terms of performance, both our actors performed extremely well and soon really got into their role, so there are no problems there!

Problems/Lessons Learnt

Main issue: lighting!

We may have had a problem with lighting (will have to watch the footage back to be certain). We knew this might have been an issue as we didn't have any paglights to gain more lighting.
We also haven't got all the shots we need from the tunnel. One of the main shots we need is of the main girl smashing the mirror so that there are broken bits of the mirror scattered everywhere. We also now need to get a new mirror.