This week...

Yesterday, my filming partner and I did some more shooting for our teaser. We made a plan of the shots we were going to film in our location of the train station but when we set up the tripod and the camera, a train station marshall came and informed us that we weren't allowed to film.

So...we were about to leave but since we put so much effort into planning the shots, I thought of a way in which we could modify the shots and still film without being caught (slyyyy one!)

So we managed to get good, lengthy footage in the train station, then returned back to my filming partner's Tibyaan's house to film the first few opening shots of Polina tied up to the chair breathing heavily and a close-up of her feet and hands. We then tried a new shot Tibyaan thought of on the spot which was as if Polina was about to jump out the window. That was tricky.

'The Surgeon' Poster Photoshoot Plan

These are four prospective ideas I came up with for potential photo ideas for the poster of 'The Surgeon'. I think each individual idea could be very effective if they're executed correctly.

The surgeon photoshoot plan pdf

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Merry Christmas from Tibyaan and Debbie!!!!

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Practice Filming at Kensington Palace

I went to Kensington Palace on a school media trip in which we did some practice shooting. We were given a theme of 'Transformation' and had to take appropriate shots in relation to this. The trip was beneficial as it enhanced my experience of filming and I also learned new techniques to do with angles, lighting and movement which will help me when filming for my horror teaser.

Below is a short montage of the shots we took:

This week,,,

Tibyaan and I made a list of all the shots that need to be filmed. We then matched them with the actors and locations that are associated with each shot to know who was needed and where they would be needed.
Using colour coding, we chunked the shots together which involved the same actors into the same colour category and then tried to sort them out and decide which shots to film first according to approximate length of time it would take to film and logical location order.
Finally, we came up with 3 main colours which translated to be days in which all shots could be filmed, dependent on efficiency and time.

Filming...

Today, I went to my partner Tibyaan's house to film the shrine, the tap scene and the tools. Having filmed before, we became a lot more aware of our use of technique, including lighting and camera movements.

THE SHRINE
After making the finishing touches, we filmed the shrine from different angles and of different lighting intensities. We, too, practised panning, zooming and tracking.

TOOLS
We collected tools from both our homes to use as the Surgeon's tools. We put them all in a tray and filmed them a few times, each with a different shade of lighting.

TAP
This was the most difficult task. Having reflected from the trouble we had from our last filming experience, we, this time, waited until it was dark enough outside. We also used the artificial lighting, which helped.

Today...

We're filming!

(we're going to re-try filming the tap scene and the tools and shooting the shrine)