We began filming by asking Tom Chapman, playing Shaun, to bring his school folders to the class room we were filming in to show how much of hard worker he was before he got involved with a bad crowd, and that he still is, trying to get his life back on track and make something of himself. Sam Warren filmed the first shot, being a birds eye view, over the shoulder shot. He did this by standing on a table and extending the legs of the tripod out for maximum height. We thought that this could been seen as Shaun's recently deceased mother looking down on him, in some way influencing him to do well. The next shot was filmed by me, which was a low angle, mid shot showing his emotion of pure concentration on his face and work ethic. For this shot I needed to get as close to the ground as possible and tilt the camera slightly in order to get the upper half of Toms body. Once we had finished filming in the class room we packed up and moved on to a long hallway location to film the drug dealing scene. We got the help of Adam Burgess to play the extra being dealt the drugs from Shaun in school. For the props in this filming session we used a £10 not and some tissue paper made to look like a drug pouch.
James started of by filming the first shot in the hallway, which was a tracking mid shot of Shaun from behind, looking over his shoulder where we can see another person walking towards him from the other end. We decided the shot would be a lot better if we started filming before Shaun walked into the shot so you could see the other person at the end of the hall and then him walking towards him to show they have something between them.
Sam Warren filmed the next shot, which was also tracking but a low angle shot from the the front instead of from behind. The low angle shot makes what is going on seem more shifty and wrong as we are looking up at two menacing characters. This shot also allows us to see what Shaun pulls out of his pocket, but just for a couple of seconds to make it seem like it shouldn't be being witnessed by anyone. Its imperative that we didn't break the 180 degree rule as to not confuse the audience with character positioning.
I was next up to film, and filmed a two shot where the two character converged in front of the camera and then keep walking by after the drug exchange is made. I used a mid shot here to show the upper halves of the characters bodies, so we could witness the exchange. James then filmed a similarly positioned shot that was more zoomed in to give an extreme close up of their hands with drugs and money in.
Lastly. we finished day two of filming by staying behind after school with actors Tom and Anna, Shaun and Sarah, to shoot the last scene which was made up of a two shot and low angle shot. Sam Warren filmed both of these shots, whilst James Scott and I directed each of the actors individually. The two shot shows the audience the end of a conversation, which will be used to narrate part of the trailer and shows how much of a difference Sarah has made to his life. The low angle, close up of Shaun's face that occurs after the question shows the mental battle with himself he is having and how confusing his life is. The main problem filming this scene was that our actors found it hard to not stop laughing due to the intimate positioning of them together, but in the end we managed to get it.
I was next up to film, and filmed a two shot where the two character converged in front of the camera and then keep walking by after the drug exchange is made. I used a mid shot here to show the upper halves of the characters bodies, so we could witness the exchange. James then filmed a similarly positioned shot that was more zoomed in to give an extreme close up of their hands with drugs and money in.
Lastly. we finished day two of filming by staying behind after school with actors Tom and Anna, Shaun and Sarah, to shoot the last scene which was made up of a two shot and low angle shot. Sam Warren filmed both of these shots, whilst James Scott and I directed each of the actors individually. The two shot shows the audience the end of a conversation, which will be used to narrate part of the trailer and shows how much of a difference Sarah has made to his life. The low angle, close up of Shaun's face that occurs after the question shows the mental battle with himself he is having and how confusing his life is. The main problem filming this scene was that our actors found it hard to not stop laughing due to the intimate positioning of them together, but in the end we managed to get it.
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