Meeting Notes

First day- Flashback scene

We shot all the scenes we needed, however we decided to scrap them because the actor we used was not to the standard that we would have liked.  The actor we used was not able to act shocked or scared, when realising his parents had been murdered.  We also came across many more problems such as the tripod that was recommended and given to us what’s not tall enough to perform a stationary over the shoulder shot.  This meant that I had to worry about keeping the camera and tripod in the right place while using strength to keep it up.  This caused the shot to be very shaky which ruined the mood of our whole scene.  Thirdly the house we used to shoot this house didn't have the minimal requirements for all our equipment to fit in.  The corridor was not wide enough for us to install our lights into the right places, to get that right lighting.

Second day- detective scene 

One thing we struggled was the lighting for the scene, it was very hard for the viewer to see certain things going on during.  However I feel that the darkness creates an ominous/moody scene that really sets the tone of the film right.  I felt the problems we faced for the first scene we cut were now non existent.  The lighting was really outstanding as we had the right tools and equipment to do the job.  You can see this in the hit man scene which I shot feel the lights really compliment the conversation that is going on in the play.