Filming Day #2

Here is a compilation of shots from my second day of filming. For the first scene in the trailer, I knew I wanted a spooky, supernatural feeling scene set at night. It was a very foggy night, which I feel lent well to the eerie and mysterious tone. The cliché of fog to indicate mystery can be seen in films such as 'King Kong' and 'The Mist'. These shots were taken near my house, at a clearing and on a road. Not all of the shots will be used in the final film, and it's unlikely the audio will be either.

Unlike day one, day two's filming followed a narrative and so I was looking to get specific shots. Most of the shots in the video are in order, but they are not yet edited. This means they will be cut down, rearranged and have diegetic and non-diegetic sound added. The shot at 0:22 will not be the first shot; there will be a couple more, inside the character's, more that set up the scene. I will need to go back and film a few more shots to complete the narrative, such as a long shot of the object in the field and a low angle, over the shoulder shot looking at the light in the sky.

I encountered a few problems filming this scene, for example it was very dark. To remedy this I borrowed my brother's phone, and used the torch to provide extra ambient lighting from a distance. Another problem was finding proper props. The mysterious blue object is a children's glowing ring toy. By holding and filming it just right, I was able to obscure what it really was. The light that appears in the sky at the end is, again, the light from a phone. I had to film this in a way where you could not see the phone or the hand holding it, only the light it's self.