Lighting
We had numerous ideas related to how we could portray certain moods within our film, one of which was lighting. When watching big films its easy to forget the technology and effort that goes into creating the right ambience and its frustrating when you have a picture of what effect you want but cant quite duplicate it. The scenes which we filmed in daylight didnt werent negatively affected, however there were some shots that proved problematic. As mentioned previously in the blog, we were put under pressure by the dusk/night time work we wanted to include; we didnt have the technology to immitate a particular time of day so we had a short slot of time to film between the points of it either being too bright or dark, which meant reduced room for error and a risk of continuity issues. Another particulary difficult scene we encountered was the shot of 'Lolas Boss' on the phone to her. As a group we had a shared image of how we wanted the outcome, a darkened setting with limited light on the character in order for him to perceived as mysterious and possibly sinister (something simlair pictured below) . We attempted to get a shot that displayed the illuminated outlines of the features that were relevant to the mise en scene (the character, phone, glass of brandy) however, once again their was a fine line between being so dark that it was unrecognisable or so light that it compromised the conviction of the mood. We tried different light compositions and settled for a distinguishable-yet-dark scene where the mans back is to the character so as not to eliminate the idea of enigma.
We had numerous ideas related to how we could portray certain moods within our film, one of which was lighting. When watching big films its easy to forget the technology and effort that goes into creating the right ambience and its frustrating when you have a picture of what effect you want but cant quite duplicate it. The scenes which we filmed in daylight didnt werent negatively affected, however there were some shots that proved problematic. As mentioned previously in the blog, we were put under pressure by the dusk/night time work we wanted to include; we didnt have the technology to immitate a particular time of day so we had a short slot of time to film between the points of it either being too bright or dark, which meant reduced room for error and a risk of continuity issues. Another particulary difficult scene we encountered was the shot of 'Lolas Boss' on the phone to her. As a group we had a shared image of how we wanted the outcome, a darkened setting with limited light on the character in order for him to perceived as mysterious and possibly sinister (something simlair pictured below) . We attempted to get a shot that displayed the illuminated outlines of the features that were relevant to the mise en scene (the character, phone, glass of brandy) however, once again their was a fine line between being so dark that it was unrecognisable or so light that it compromised the conviction of the mood. We tried different light compositions and settled for a distinguishable-yet-dark scene where the mans back is to the character so as not to eliminate the idea of enigma.
Location
One of our observations from our extensive research of the action genre was that many are filmed in cosmopolitan areas; shots of city skylines, main road car chases, skyscrapers, city bars and busy streets are ubiquitous. We took this into consideration when selecting filming location but unfortunately we were unable arrange filming in this setting, the reason for this was availability, timescale and inconvenience, as well as ultimately it not being a good idea to be waving a mock gun around in central London which of course was a key prop for our trailer. There also would also be the chance of disruption from passers by and a limited timescale due to personal schedules and it not being local for our group. We were conscious of varying our scenarios and managed to get some effective footage regardless, and in hindsight I think filming anywhere else will have incurred problems that outweighed the benefits.
Weather
The weather on our main day of filming was extremely cold and icey, on one hand it contributed to mise en scene; the bleakness of the atmosphere was reflective of Lola's victims helplessness in a scene where she is chasing him. On the other hand it was dangerous for our actors who also had to be conscious of being cautious on the ice. Luckily I dont believe it affected things too much and no one was seriously hurt. The only other problem endured pertaining to the weather was ensuring that filming equipment wasnt damaged by rain or snow, once again this was fortunately overcome and all equipment was unscathed.
One of our observations from our extensive research of the action genre was that many are filmed in cosmopolitan areas; shots of city skylines, main road car chases, skyscrapers, city bars and busy streets are ubiquitous. We took this into consideration when selecting filming location but unfortunately we were unable arrange filming in this setting, the reason for this was availability, timescale and inconvenience, as well as ultimately it not being a good idea to be waving a mock gun around in central London which of course was a key prop for our trailer. There also would also be the chance of disruption from passers by and a limited timescale due to personal schedules and it not being local for our group. We were conscious of varying our scenarios and managed to get some effective footage regardless, and in hindsight I think filming anywhere else will have incurred problems that outweighed the benefits.
Weather
The weather on our main day of filming was extremely cold and icey, on one hand it contributed to mise en scene; the bleakness of the atmosphere was reflective of Lola's victims helplessness in a scene where she is chasing him. On the other hand it was dangerous for our actors who also had to be conscious of being cautious on the ice. Luckily I dont believe it affected things too much and no one was seriously hurt. The only other problem endured pertaining to the weather was ensuring that filming equipment wasnt damaged by rain or snow, once again this was fortunately overcome and all equipment was unscathed.
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