Filming on the 3rd of Janurary: Things we learnt - Dom

For how our day went on the 3rd of January, click here

To be honest the 2 different weather changes, as we decided to make the film black and white, mentioned in the editing decisions worked out well.

To read about how our day went, click here!

so, left is how our main character see the image, and right is how it actually is.

We really want to use some of the shots that we captured during the first day. Our idea is to use editng to combine the 2 different scenarios. For example, in the opening shot we are going to have a tracking shot across the sea (as shown below). The first shot will be from our initial filming and the second from our new footage.  This would be accompanied with a narrative explaining this is how our main character sees the world, and this how it is in reality. In a way is fortunate that we have the 2 different weathers and 2 different footages.  This way we can really contrast them to compare reality to what our main character is feeling/seeing.

We cant really use too much of this effect however. This is mainly because the cameras we used are different quality; one is 1080p and the other is 720p. They are both HD but the difference is definitely noticeable (seen below). For continuity purposes we will try and limit the mixing of footage from the two different cameras.

We used different cameras because  we were unable to get the same camera due to cancelled trains. The camera we actually used wasn't capable of focus pulling, although HD, so some of shots were compromised.

To be honest, this first trip turned out to be a test shoot rather than a final shot. we learned about our limitations of what we could and just simply couldn't do. It served really useful for us. Also we went away with ideas that we hadn't had before as now we actually went to the location with a camera and filmed, we could see how the shots would look and adapt them.

The shot below however, we cant see the effect where showing his view and reality, because the shots are different sizes so we cant use them.

This also means that we can add in extra shots that add depth, that we hadn't included in our storyboard. Such as the shot of the town, to make comparisons between the peace of the sea and the hustle non stop of the city.