Filming - First Scene

 On the weekend we took advantage of our time and started shooting our first scene. It was an indoor scene at night so we didn't have to worry about weather and continuity. The first shots were filmed in my garage which we cleared out and set up to look like a hit mans lair. We used a work bench to line up props such as guns, ammunition, gas mask, a motorcycle helmet, tools etc. Because it was night time, we used a lamp behind the camera to give an appropriate dim ambient light to the scene. This was effective as you can see the hit mans shadow on the brick wall as he gears up. We took multiple shots of him getting ready so we could edit them together in a montage style.

 The next set of shots was filmed in my living room. Again we cleared it out and added our own props to make it look like a drug dealers pad. We have bottles of alcohol on the table as well as weighing scales, (fake) cocaine blocks, a gun, money etc. We think the props were important because our location setting wasn't ideal so we had to make it as realistic as possible using props. We got a variety of shots, ranging from extreme close ups to mid-long shots. We also used techniques such as quick cuts to build up tension towards the end of the scene where the drug dealer gets murdered.

 The kit we used for this was a Cannon EOS 550D camera which allowed us to with lenses for different shots and use the manual focus to blur in and out some shots as we have seen this used effectively in our product research. We also had a tripod for still shots so the camera was stable and the quality of the shot was good. 

There is also driving shots in our first scene. I cannot drive Dave's car therefore he had to drive and we dressed him up as the hitman, and I filmed the car shots.