Reshoot Day 1

4th of January 2017

On the 4th of January, Megan and I decided to begin our refilming process. We knew that we wanted to have Kathleen (played by Megan) still to be in the location of her house like in our first draft as this allows her to be seen as an innocent teenager. We modified these as we evaluated our feedback from peers who enjoyed the scenes of Kathleen in her house, however gave us improvements which we took on board. In order to reshoot this, we needed to ensure that the shots were perfect the first time as we would not be able to refilm random parts due to the organisation of her room.

Megan and I decided to use a tripod for the reshoots due to the first drafts' footage being shaky due to not using a tripod for our first draft. This proved to be a good choice due to every shot being stable and good quality compared to our first draft. This allowed us to be able to show a wide contrast between our draft and final edit as we took on board numerous points of feedback from our peers and teachers in order to improve it dramatically.

We had both created a to-do list in order to be organised and do everything that needed to be done so we could begin the editing process of this sequence. We used a mixture of natural and artificial lighting so we would have the right amount of this in order for our footage to look the best quality possible. We also created a schedule regarding filming so that we could use both of these to be organised and efficient, using time management well as we knew exactly how we wanted our film to look. We also managed to ensure lighting was consistent throughout as this was a problem we faced in our first draft which showed that we did not think this obstacle through.

During this day, Megan and I found that we came across minor issues such as layout of the bedroom and the correct lighting. We had to ensure that these were equal to the other pieces of footage so that it would show continuity and flowing. In order to do this, we experimented with multiple placements of the tripod and how the shot would look so that the filming would be continuous.

Megan and I discusses beforehand our plans regarding this day of footage so we knew exactly what to film. We decided that our target for the day was to modify the filming and ensure that we were making the improvements set to us by our teachers and peers. Our modified script and storyboard were simple to follow, despite this, we made minor adjustments in our filming instead of completely sticking to it as we came up with more ideas regarding shot types and dialogue.

The majority of the filming was in Megan's own bedroom as well as the bottom of her stairs. This allowed her to be comfortable whilst acting and let in a personal aroma into the film. It also allowed mise-en-scene to come through and due to this, it made our filming very natural and teen. In my earlier blog posts, I made it clear that Megan's character Kathleen was a typical innocent teenage girl so Megan and I decided that we needed to show this clearly in the opening film. We also decided that we were going to stick with the orginal costume idea which was casual and edgy for a teenage girl. 

Megan and I decided that throughout our filming process, we would do several test shots for the majority of our footage so we were able to experiment and therefore decide on the most appropriate and relevant shots for our film.

Overall, in this day, we completed the beginning and end of our thriller film opening and Megan and I both decided that this was a very productive day with high quality shots. This allowed us to begin our editing process so that we could really start to put together our reshoots for the deadline.