Fourteenth Filming - Re-shots

As the sun seemed to be a problem last time we filmed outside, we decided to re-shoot the scene with Alice telling her friend that she loves her. We needed to ensure that we filmed more close ups of Alice's actions in order to make the story line obvious to the audience. 

Firstly, we re-shot Alice waiting for Jessie to turn up. We liked the previous filming of it so; we did not change the angles we used.

As you can see, our second shooting was a lot more successful in terms of lighting. We kept the angles the same. 

Extreme close up:

Mid shot  (1):

Mid shot (2):

Next, we decided to re-shoot Jessie’s arrival at the scene. We already liked the follow shot we had from previous filming so we re-filmed point of view shots from both Jessie and Alice’s point of views.

Jessie’s point of view:

Alice’s point of view:

We also filmed Alice getting stressed from Jessie's point of view:  

We then used shots where we were behind the characters. This was again, the same as shots we have used previously:

As you can notice, we also took off Alice's blazer  This is because throughout the rest of the video, she does not wear it. We know continuity is key. 

We filmed Jessie and Alice’s reaction shots once again (hoping to get an improvement on lighting).

Jessie's Reaction shot: 

Alice's reaction's shots are shown at the end of previous videos.  

Next, we decided to film some key close ups that we had missed out previously. First, we filmed Alice touching Jessie’s hand – an action of intimacy and bravery.

From the front:

From the front (2):

Bird’s eye view/over the shoulder shot:

Lastly, we filmed Alice’s admittance of love to Jessie. We did this using close up shots so that the audience could clearly see what she says: 

Thirteenth Filming - Alice taking the Pills

One scene that it is important we get right is Alice's suicide (she tries to kill herself through pills). Shown on this post will be how we developed this idea. Our first attempt was not very successful as I believe we did not think the scene through.

First idea: have Alice get pills from the draw then swallow them: (Shown below)

Bird's eye view:

Behind shot:

Close up:

Side view:

Pills at the sink:

After looking at the videos we shot, we realised that our videos were not good enough. Firstly, Alice shows no hesitations in taking the pills. We needed to change this. As well as this, I believe that the slip will be more successful if she takes the pills at the sink. This will give her time to reflect on what she is doing. Therefore, shown below are our re-shoots:

Close up of the pills:

Leaning over the sink birds eye:

Leaning over the sink birds eye (2):

Worms eye view of taking the pills:

Bird's eye view of taking the pills:

Worms eye view of her looking at the Pills:

Close up worms eye of her looking at the pills:

We also filmed her picking up the cup and filling it up. This is so we could maintain continuity if we needed it:

Tracking shot:

Slow close up:

Our Reasons for Angles

Throughout our videoing, we have tried to use an extensive use of angles and shots in order to display our story and capture emotion. As you can see when looking through, a lot of our shots are filmed from different angles with use of the Bird's Eye View. We have been using this shot in order to convey that Alice is not in control of her life. This view portrays that life is weighing her down. 

However, when it comes to taking the pills, we decided to use Worms Eye View. This was done on purpose in order to emphasise that Alice has control over the pills she is about to take. This is the only thing that she seems to be able to have power over. This pushes her to take the pills, wanting to finally take full control. 

Other shots that we have used extensively throughout the filming are close up shots and extreme close up shots. These have been very successful in allowing us to successfully capture Alice's emotion properly. Using these shots, we have used various angles. This is so that our video remains intriguing and captures our audience's attention.

Lastly, there is also a lot of use of Establishing Shots. This means that the audience knows exactly what is going on within the video and where Alice is. Establishing shots are regularly used in videos especially at the beginning of new scenes. 

Twelfth Filming - Extra shooting in classroom

Due to Alice dying her hair, we needed to re-shoot the classroom scene. As we did not have a lot of time, we decided that we only wanted to film Alice and the teacher. This meant that we could use close up shots to show the expression of each character instead of using a whole class.

Firstly we filmed Alice. Shown below are various shots of her. Before filming her reaction shot to the teacher, we filmed Alice struggling with work. This would allow the viewer to appreciate why Mrs McKenna is shouting at her (her work is not good enough).

Establishing shot of Alice doing work:

Mid-shot with paper:

Side shot:

Mid-shot without paper:

Close up of Alice's reaction to Mrs McKenna:

Extreme close up of Alice's reaction:

(both of the videos above are very effective as Alice's expression can successfully show her disappointment with her bad work which can then relate to her expressions in the bathroom).

We then decided to shoot Mrs McKenna from a couple of different ways. We ensured to use a worms eye view to promote her dominance over Alice.

Eleventh Filming - Shots in the mirror

To correspond with our story board, it is essential that we get Alice's reaction shots in the bathroom mirror as they take up a lot of our video. Therefore, for our next filming we decided to shoot this. We changed where she took her pills(ensuring that she hesitated more so the audience can see the effect on her).

Firstly, we decided to try different lighting in order to see which was best. We tried using the main lights, the lamp lights and natural lighting too.

As you can see, the natural lighting is the most effective due to the lamps being too bright and the main lights not being very successful. We did not want the clips to be too bright as we wanted the audience to feel hopelessness for Alice. 

It was important that we used a lot of 'Birds eye View' shot to show that Alice is not in control of her emotions. We made sure to use this a lot through the mirror. These first videos are some that we will use early on within our video:

As well as her reaction in the mirror, we wanted to film her body language. Therefore, we have her leaning over the sink to portray frustration and the sense that she has given up. She cannot keep her body up due to her troubles being laid on her. This was filmed in many aspects:

Close up of the hand then worms eye view:

Worms eye view:

The use of worms eye view is very important here. Through most of the video, we film her in a birds eye shot view. This is because we are trying to promote life having power over Alice. However, here, the use of the worms eye shot is to show that Alice has power over the pills she is taking. This is effective as the audience will be able to see that Alice could be in serious danger. (no one else has control over her life but her).

Bird's eye view to the right:

Next, we decided that we wanted to film Alice putting on makeup and then rubbing it off aggressively. We thought this would reflect her unhappiness within herself as no matter what she does, she cannot remain positive about herself. It allows our actress to feel frustration which is hopefully clear to the audience:

Close up:

In the mirror to the right:

In the mirror to the left:

Taking all of her make up off:

As you can see, the video above is from a birds eye view and at a rather sharp camera angle. From my feedback, I realized that this was too much of a sharp shot and therefore, this needed to be re-shooted. These re-shoots are shown below:

Close up:

Close up (2):

In the mirror from the right:

Tenth Filming - The Bathroom Scene

Although some of the shots from our ninth filming appeared rather successful, we decided to re-shoot everything in order to have a better chance of successful editing. 

As well as this, we realized that we had no Evidence of Alice's suicide in our last attempt at filming. Therefore, we decided to use her swallowing pills. 

First, we filmed her coming into the bathroom from various angles: 

The follow shot (we are continuing to use this shot regularly, wanting the audience to experience what Alice is):

Pan shot:

Tracking shot:

Over head shot: (bird's eye view)

Close up:

Close up (2):

We wanted to film the phone ringing on the side of the bath and have Alice ignore it. This would reflect the idea that no one can help her now.

Close up of Phone and Alice's reaction:

Focus on the phone (not ringing):

Focus on the phone (ringing). This video is not able to be used due to our actress laughing:

Mid shot:

Mid shot (birds eye view):

Side view, close up of the phone ringing:

Ninth Filming - The Bathroom Scene

Next, we wanted to do our first shooting of Alice in the bathroom. 

Coming in the door we shot her from all different angles:

From the front:

Follow shot:

The video above is not successful as Alice goes to the taps before going towards the bath. This did not maintain continuity. 

The one shown below was more successful: 

Shown below is close up and extreme close up shots of Alice when she is taking her make up off. We wanted these close ups to accentuate her upset: 

I think that the close up shots will be extremely effective if we manage to achieve the correct angle. 

We also shot some videos through the mirror. One is shown above and one below: 

We then decided to take videos of the running taps. To set the scene.

Her getting into the bath: (We only had one opportunity of doing this as once she was wet, we had no extra clothes we could film her in again)

Her putting her head under the water: 

Birds eye view:

Side view: 

Problems: 

We are yet to film her attempting to commit suicide  This is why this scene will need to be further developed (and in places, re-shoot some parts). One thing we noticed is that Alice keeps looking at the camera by accident. This means that not all clips can be used. Next time we shoot, we are going to ensure that she does not look at the camera. Meaning we can use all clips in the way we want. 

Eighth Filming - The Friend Scene

The scene that replaced a lot of the previous videoing we did is the scene where Alice tells her female friend that she is in love with her to then be rejected.

Firstly, we filmed Alice coming to the scene from different aspects. These are shown below:

The first aspect we filmed was a follow shot: 

Pan Shot: 

Worm Shot:

After shooting her making her way to the bench, we then decided to shoot her waiting for Jessie. We hoped this would allow us to capture her fear for Jessie's arrival. We also wanted to show her sadness in order to get sympathy for the audience.

Extreme close up:

Side view:

front view:

Shown below is Jessie coming over:

 Shown below are two follow shots. Neither of these were extremely successful. However, they can still be used. 

long mid shots (2):

Next, we did Jessie's point of view. The first  try was not as successful as the second. This is because it was hard to keep composure for the actresses at some points. 

good: 

Our original idea was to have Alice touch Jessie's leg in order to show her attraction towards her. However, neither actress could maintain composure by doing that. So, instead of the leg, we decided to have Alice touch Jessie's hand which in our opinion, is more intimate.

The shots of the touching of the leg is shown below: (as shown, they are not successful). 

As you can see, we could not use these. Shown below is the clips of Alice touching Jessie's hand and Jessie's reaction.

Midshot:

Reaction from behind:

Jessie (Close up reaction):

A major problem we had during this filming was the weather. Due to the sun coming in and out of the clouds,the shadows of us filming are shown in some of the videos. This ruined those shots for us. As well as this, the lighting for each piece of filming differs which will make it more difficult to edit successfully. Shown below is some examples of the bad shots.

Seventh Filming

For our seventh filming, we changed the House Scene to be an argument with Alice's friend. In my opinion, this scene was a lot more successful than the previous attempt. 

The first shot we did was just Ashleigh normally going to the house. This allowed us to imagine different ways of filming.

 

Next, we decided to do a follow shot of Ashleigh, allowing us to see her go through the garden. As you can see by looking at the video, the leafs on the trees brush past the camera. I think this is an effective technique as it foreshadows the violence and distorted friendship that is about to occur in the clip.

We then wanted to film the scene from different perspectives. To try and heighten the sense of drama and allow the viewer to experience what the character is, we decided the film from both characters point of view. This is shown below:

I believe this type of filming is very effective, especially the use of Ashleigh's point of view as it allows the viewer to experience the drama themselves. It expresses Alice's anger at Ashleigh when coming out of the house which can be viewed as a metaphor for her anger at the world and herself.

Another type of film we were keen to do was the 360 degree angle shot. Having used it previously when Ashleigh played the part of the mother (This is again shown below), we decided it was a successful shot in conveying drama and promotes that both characters are losing their control of their emotions. In the first 360 shot, Lauren and Jess were seen in the background making the clip unusable.

The second however, was more successful and allowed me to use sections from it. Within this video, a close up of the two characters is also shown allowing the viewer to capture their emotions successfully. 

The pan shot we used was simple and effective is showing what was happening plainly on screen. it shows Ashleigh getting from A to B.

To show extreme emotion, I believe close ups are essential. We also filmed some of these. Although this time, they did not appear so successful due to the composure of Ashleigh and the apparent bad quality of the camera when filming Alice, in a re-shoot, we will try using more close ups.

Another shot we tried was that of the over the shoulder shot. This allowed us to see a slight point of view of Alice. 

Sixth Filming

Next on the list was the classroom scene. Luckily, our teacher Mrs Mckenna (photo shown below) was willing to film for our video. This included her having to have an argument with Alice.

First, we wanted to organize our room and the scene. This meant that we organised the tables (shown below), allowing the clip to gain a more classroom like scene. 

Firstly, we decided to video the class just casually working. Through the clips, Alice is shown as the only student not working showing her lazy attitude. This foreshadows the bad essay and the argument that is to come between her and the teacher. As well as this, throughout you can see that Ashleigh does not look impressed by Alice. This is used to foreshadow their argument later on. We decided to make the class an English Lesson as we know that all students have to take this subject and it is very important for future education. Shown below is the evidence for the filming of the lesson taking place before the argument:

First, we filmed from the back of the class room allowing us to gain a students view of the lesson:

Next, we decided to film from the front  right of the classroom, allowing us to capture the students impressions of the lesson. Looking at Alice who is sitting on the front right table, she is disinterested and bored within the lesson, building up to Mrs Mckenna becoming frustrated with her.

Next, was filming from the front right side of the room. Shooting from here allowed us to get a clear view of Alice, allowing us to capture how unenthusiastic and unmotivated she is about her lesson:

Wanting to emphasize what the argument between the teacher and Alice was about, we decided to film Mrs Mckenna marking Alice's paper with a red pen. Using Zoom and other features, the audience would be able to see how unhappy the teacher is with Alice's work. The use of the red pen is crucial as red is used to have connotations with danger and negativity.

The Extras

After filming this, we wanted to start filming the main part of this clip. This meant that we decided to film some normal mid shots for when she was giving out the work to the other students (our extras).

Next, we took an over the shoulder shot of Mrs Mckenna allowing us to see the students slightly from her point of view whilst she hands out the work to her students.

Just incase it would be needed, we decided to shoot some clips of the extras. This would allow us to contrast them against Alice, showing her as an unproductive, bad studnet compared to the rest of them. This means that Mrs Mckenna's frustration  becomes more realistic.

 

We then went on to to film mid front shots of Alice and Ashleigh, allowing the audience to see Ashliegh's annoyance with Alice's behaviour. This will foreshadow the argument that is yet to come between them.

 

The Argument

We filmed a midshot from the right side of the classroom, allowing us to get a clear view of the argument. Luckily, Mrs Mckenna and Alice were able to succesfully work together to refilm the same shot and keep composed.

The second shot we tried was Worms Eye view. We used this as we thought it would promote the teachers dominance over Alice as well as allowing us to catch her anger more successfully. As well as this, the worms eye view allowed us to see Mrs Mckenna from Alice's perspective allowing the audience to feel the threat that Alice feels.

After taking a worms eye shot of Mrs Mckenna, we then decided to take a slight birds eye view of Alice, reflecting her inferiority.

The filming of the argument, in my opinion, was very successful.Through the different points of view shots, the point of the film is coming across to the audience in a effective and obvious way.

When Alice is storming out, we took two different types of shot. A mid shot from the side and then a shot from the back of the class room. This second shot allows us again gain the other students perspective.

Overall, I think the filming of the classroom argument was extremely successful. Due to our reliable extras and actors, we were able to easily film without too much nervousness or laughter. Although there is accidental laughter in some of the videos, it can easy be Trimmed.