Reshoot Day 3

10th of January 2017

On the 10th of January, Megan and I decided to continue our refilming process in order to be able to begin editing. On this day, we began filming the scene where I exchange the envelope with Sophie. Her character, who is named Geraldine, appears very casual and relaxed instead of being dressed up in a suit. We decided to have this character casual as she is supposed to be in disguise from being in business with my character and Ben. Her profession, an intelligence agent as me and Megan both agreed on, is supposed to be concealed from the public as she is involved in crime and doesn't want to seen conspicious. As well as Sophie appearing in our film, we decided to use her dog Millie to ensure she looked more casual and like a typical young woman.

Our chosen location was the park. We decided to have Sophie sitting on the bench and for me to join her, allowing the bench to be an addition to our film with relevance, due to it being the place where the exchange occurs. 

Using the tripod, we shot numerous tests before we decided on a particular angle. We decided this was the best way to ensure that we had good quality filming with correct angles and shot types. We also made sure to pick carefully regarding placements of me and Sophie as well as how I was holding the prop and where abouts we were looking. For example, Sophie and I did not look at each other once which represents our civil relationship in the film, strictly business only with no friendship apparent. We also chose to sit as far away from each other as possible which also emphasises the shifty relationship we have in the film. It also suggests that perhaps that could be a plot in our film regarding our views on each other. Despite good quality shots, Megan and I realised that weather was becoming a problem in our film which was resolved during editing.

The shots we decided on were hesitant as we were deciding on multiple shot types before coming to a conclusion. Both of us experimented with several pans, tilts and zooms, until we found the correct composition we felt was relevant to our film. The only real issue we had was involving audio in two shots due to weather conditions, which we acted on during our editing process. Despite these issues involving audio, Megan and I both agreed that our timing was used efficiently and that this day was very productive during our filming process.