FICTION ADAPTATION - MAIN SHOOT

Shooting complete for now on the main bulk of my Fiction shoot I have left the door open for pick up shots if necessary. Although I have had no contact from the poet I had to go ahead with my shoot regardless. This was one of the biggest issues for me in shooting today was not having the timing that I wanted, I ended up having to read the poem out whilst my actor acted in the scene. However even with this slight hindrance I have managed to produce some really interesting and hopefully different imagery for my project, this is after what I always set out to do.

The whole set up took quite along time it included the jib, track and dolly, 2 projectors, 4 C-stands, lighting kit, props, 2 tripods and a laptop. It really shows that even on a small student shoot like this with 2 crew and an actor there is still a huge amount to get right and set up before even pressing record. This was our basic starting point to our set up:

Set up to start with testing different lighting techniques

Once we had the basic set up I had envisioned it was time to work on the jib and dolly to create the shots required. The jib use was really an experiment and I think I can say it failed with its consistency, we managed to get the right shots however the tripod holding the weight of the jib + sandbag on numerous occasions buckled under the weight. We did get the shots needed from the jib despite this issue.

Set up + jib

I had the whole shot planned out on a storyboard, but being me I decided there was some need for improvisation which I have so far seemed to do on all my shoots. Then again I can't believe that all films are made exactly to their storyboards. I like to change things according to how the look is on the day and how the lighting has worked out, I am not one for elaborate pre-planned shot lists.

Projector

Use of the projector was an aspect I have developed through research prior to shooting. It turned out to be an inspired move as the pictures so far have shown some great results with how I lit the shoot combined with the use of projection. I used the projector already in the lecture room to begin with to depict the exterior of the phone box however the rest of it was using the portable projector from the equipment store. I found it a really good looking expressive and most of all adaptable way of adding something to the image. I mainly used it for the words mentioned throughout the poem and as you can see below it came off quite well:

It really that something extra that I am always striving to find.

So overall a fairly relaxed and interpretive shoot that went along with few issues. I have now got to get the recording of the poem done once hopefully my poet replies to my emails, either that or I make of it what I can. The other things to do are shooting the opening and closing of the poem which will hopefully be shot in the few days or early next week. They should not take very long and will definitely not be as high brow as the shoot today. Then it will be into the edit to colour correct (a lot) and to assemble a successful piece of work.