In class, my film opening group filmed at the Nuffield Health Centre. We filmed a flashback scene of when our main character, India, was kidnapped by the antagonist, kidnapper Jack.
One part of the scene we found hard to film at times was how we were going to show India's face without her eyes being visible (we want to create a mysterious, illegible feeling towards her kidnapper, making it appear like her flashback is a brutal reminder of how her life has never been the same since). We didn't want her eyes to be visible when Jack crept up behind her - as shown in the clip above. This would imply that her kidnapping was totally unexpected and a shocking experience for India. In order to prevent her eyes from being on show, we held the camera (whilst on the tripod) slightly below her eyeline. However, we found that the best shots (without her eyes on show) were shots that weren't planned or just practice shots!
We also found that the bright sunlight was making it difficult to film facing the sun, so we decided that turning the camera around to face the opposite direction was a way in which we could prevent the sunlight impacting our shots creating a blur effect.
I have made a collection of the photos I took on set into a photo collage using, Fotor - a free photo editing software online. I also uploaded photos I have taken onto our film openings Instagram and my personal media twitter page.
Great to see how inventively and confidently your are embracing new technologies, Kate. Excellent work!
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