Lvl 6 - FMP: Hope - Shoot 2

So for the second scheduled shoot, the location was the local wetherspoons. We set up in the back corner with the actress placed in a confined booth blocking out the public. We set up the lighting to capture the vibrancy of the wine & make sure the highlights and tones of the actresses face were to a substantial effort. We captured multiple shots & i focused a lot of my time on catching cut-away's. We improvised with an on set decision to capture a time lapse of the glass being emptied due to the actress consumption. We made sure the wires were tucked away and bordered off where we were shooting with the chairs behind us. The lighting that was being used was the LED's provided by Hutch as we wanted to see the capability of the whole set. One thing i highly appreciated was the Gel filters that slotted in perfectly with ease and made the metal clips unessential.

The shoot didn't present any issues until we reached outdoors, we at this point used my car in one of the end shots of the scene. We had a time issue present itself as we needed to get a clear shot though a lorry obstructed the composition of the shot. we were able to shoot around it, Janice also put together a few shots impulsively with a puddle outside which was rather nice. I also used my creative input to use one of the bushes outside and pull focus through the branches to show the lead actress smoking in the distance. I did a similar shot with the fireplace inside using a pull focus to create a segmented design to the fire.

Some of the extreme, close ups i caught were pretty impressive for my ability behind the camera so i was pleased with the way in which they turned out. I made sure to use the specified lenses to capture the full detail of the actresses face, especially with the extreme close up on the lips. I am looking forward to seeing the colour correction to these shots as the colors will pop. One thing that i would note is that some of the shoots are starting to feel rather impulsive as a storyboard and shot list has still not presented itself so we seem to be winging a lot of the shots throughout some of the shoots we have completed, though i know that the storyboards are near to completion as well as the script.

Overall the shoot was successful and we accomplished what we set out to achieve so there are no complaints with the overall experience of the second shoot and i look forward to the next shoot in the basement to see what we can do within such a confined environment.