We found
that when we were filming the car scene that some people disrupted some of our
shots by walking onto them, so obviously we had to wait for them to not be on
the area of the location we needed to use (which was quite a big stretch of
road). Furthermore, seeing as we were pretending to chase Adam in the car, one
neighbour was a bit concerned by this, so we made sure to inform her on what
we were doing (filming media coursework). We then informed the rest of the neighbours and they all agreed
to let us film and not get in the way of our filming.
The
road we
selected to film on is not very busy which obviously means that there’s
much
less hassle regarding unwanted sound and getting in people’s way.
Although the odd car does drive down the road, so we stopped accordingly
to make sure we didn't cause any disruption, as well as explaining what
we were doing to any driver who asked.
Another
problem with using another person for our opening (Max’s Dad) was getting a
time that was long enough and convenient enough for us to film. This is why we
filmed that particular part in the weekend as he was off work.
With the
bathroom scene, we just had to make sure Max’s Mum and Dad were out of the house
to ensure that there was no unwanted background noise and that we wouldn’t be
interrupted whilst filming. We also made sure to organize a set time slot with
them, and fill them in on what exactly we would be doing.
Weather
This did not
affect our filming so much as only a small portion of our opening was outside,
it was quite cold in the middle of winter; but we made sure to wear appropriate
clothing so this did not inhibit our work.
Lighting
This was a
much bigger issue, and one that we made sure to plan for as it started to go
dark at about 4PM. We made sure to film at about midday so we had plenty of
time to film, and, if necessary, film shots again if we weren’t happy with
them. Then at about 4:30 – 5:00PM we started to film the interrogation scene as
this is what we needed to achieve our chiaroscuro, low key; high contrast
lighting that would establish the sinister mood we needed.
For the
bathroom scene, we also made sure to film during the day as we needed day scene
to contrast with the night scene as the binary opposite of good and evil.
Legal
As we were
using a BB gun that looks very similar to an actual gun, we made sure that we
didn’t use it outside as obviously people would assume that it is a real gun
and this could get us in trouble with the Police for possession of firearms. It
was of course fine to use it inside however.
