Review of Filming

Review Of Filming - Day 1 

After arriving at our location, we set our camera up with the tripod and firstly took some surrounding shots, so we can put some establishing shots into our trailer. We then began to take shots of our main protagonist individually, so we can incorporate shots of isolation and loneliness.

We experimented greatly with the gates around the pier, to incorporate the concept of our protagonist feeling entrapped and imprisoned by society. We did multiple shots from different angles including the bars, so we can use them to our advantage as much as possible.

We also incorporated the landscape greatly, which involves the River Thames, we utilised the river much so as it allowed us to enhance our water motif as much as possible. We believe if we use water in our trailer as a theme, it will prove the fluidity of masculinity, however, with the restrictions of the bars and the city around the river, masculinity is set with boundaries.

After using the tripod, we decided to change to the stabiliser, so we can vary the types of shots we include in our trailer, along with improve our media skills in general.

We were able to incorporate all shots and concepts we wanted to on this day of filming and were really able to play around with the use of the camera. As we noted prior to filming, lighting was a small issue as we were relying on natural light, so we could only film for a limited time before the setting began to change. Lighting is likely to be the greatest issue in our filming, however, we have taken many steps to overcome this, including, specifically choosing our filming time during the day as well as, the weather on the day.

-Caera Mendez