Production- Filming Scene 1

 Hey everyone!

Today I finally was able to film the first scene as the weather finally let up after the constant raining. It was sunny and there was a slight breeze, giving me exactly the environment I wanted to film in. So, here's a run through of how filming scene 1 went!

Overall Shots and Movements

  In scene one I used a mix of slight random and other types of movements such as zoom ins, zoom outs paired with full shots, medium full shots, long shots and close ups to give more of an introspective feel to the opening as I was using a digital camera to film. I used also used static movement and two shots to slow the pace and tracking movements to immerse the audience into the scene.

Angles

  Paired with my shots I used a variety of angles such as eye level, shoulder level and high angles while using two shots to show multiple actions and perspectives to create a deeper emotional mood.

Lighting

  Unlike the other two scenes, I used natural lighting and shadows that came from the sun as it took place outdoors and I wanted to capture the sunset to play off of the title, "Lost in His Light". I really liked how this turned out when filming. Since I wasn't in control of how much Sun there was I had to turn down the exposure a bit to capture the shadows I wanted in the two shots.

  In result, I think my filming process went pretty well as I was able to capture a lot of the vision I had in my mood board with the sunset scene. The shots were a success as I got to capture that nostalgic feel with the use of my Kodak camera. Filming was definitely more simple here compared to filming the other scenes.

  As there wasn't many downsides, one stressful and big factor was that I was on a timed schedule. The sunset was at 7:33 and I started filming at 6:50 leaving me with only about 45 minutes to film with the Sun. So to not miss this opportunity, I decided to film all the shots with the Sun first then go to the nearby park to film the two shots at the beginning since the Sun isn't visible there. This caused me to think and work fast which was a little troubling.