3rd Shoot Day - Car and House Scene's

Today was a going to be one of our more busy shoots as we had to get from one location to another and film two different scenes. We started by shooting inside a car for one of the flashback scenes which proved to be problematic in terms of space and constricted camera angles so we took more time than we anticipated getting those shots done. However, when we got the angles right, we managed to achieve some good shots that will pull together in a nice sequence.

Still from the Car shoot.

Another still from the car shoot.

After filming this scene, we got a taxi to the next location which was at my house where we began by setting up as quickly as possible to film one of the scenes around the house.

  INT. JOHN'S HOUSE. DAY.

          John, looking drained and confused is sat hunched on a sofa.
          The doors knocks and he answers.

          John opens the door but finds no one on the other side. In
          the background the stranger from before can be seen
          wandering past wearing the same red coat as John before.

          Confused, John looks around and notices a box on the
          doorstep. Cautiously he picks it up and carries it inside.
          He places it down in the living room and opens it, inside he
          finds another business card that reads: Sometimes Scares
          Aren't Meant To Fade. As well as a record.

          He places the record on a player and touches the needle down
          carefully. Elgar's Enigma Variations begins to play and
          visibly calmed by the music John slumps into the sofa again.

          Suddenly John seizes up and bolts upright. His breathing
          intensifies as he closes his eyes

                                                    FLASHBACK TO:

          INT. JOHN’S CAR. DAY.

          The same flashback as before unfolds, only this time the
          image is much more clear and his daughter's face is in full
          focus.

          BACK TO PRESENT

          Blinking wildly as if coming back from a terrible dream, the
          colour drains from John's face. He thrashes around the room,
          hands clasping his head, in unnatural motions. He seizes up
          once more

This shoot was a lot more rushed as we were losing light quickly so we decided to film the outside scene first where the main character John first finds the house. After we filmed these we started filming the outside parts of the scene when he finds the record player after answering the door. Doing the filming in this order confused us slightly as we weren't sticking to the shot list we wanted to work from, so this meant setting up shots, deciding what shots to do next and if we needed any linking shots between clips took a big effect on our time management, and before we knew it the light had dropped significantly and we had to call the shoot early to save continuity.
Here are some production stills from the shoot.

Filming outside the house.

Helping setting up lighting to counteract daylight being lost.

Setting up lighting to produce least glare.

Moving lighting for each shot's desired effect.

Near the end of the shoot we started to use the Kino to try and produce decent, natural looking light to keep it as consistent as with the shots from earlier, however I believe when editing them, there will be a very noticeable difference, visually, with these shots and the other shots in the film and I have suggested a potential re-shoot to Chris our director that we may have to do next week.