Tester: Location Shots

Hi, Everyone!

Today, I decided to complete the next stage in the project, that being taking tester shots of locations. I took a variety of shots, some on film in a series of mini-overviews of rooms and also some simple photos of areas we pictured and envisioned having action in.

For exmaple, we'd planned, for the opening shot to be the showerhead spraying water, then switching off with the screen framing the bottom of the shot. It would be post-titles, of the 'film companies' backing our project, and would be the first shot the audeince sees. Our idea was to have the shower on, pouring water, then to have it switch off and cut to a pair of feet coming out of the shower.

The following scene is of the actresses feet climbing out of the tub and we will also have an over-the-shoulder shot of her pouting and drawing something in the steam on the mirror. This series of actions will be followed by the actress walking out of the bathroom, the camera likely at a subtle high angle focusing on her feet.

The camera will then track her walking along the hallway to her bedroom where the majority of the film will take place.

We are planning to attempt a reverse shot of the actress opening the wardrobe, with the first shot being an over-the-shoulder shot of her mid-open of the wardrobe then putting the camera on a tripod within the wardrobe and filming a medium close-up of the actress finishing opening the doors.

We've talked about doing quite a bit of mirror work because the main action taken place throughout the two-minute opening will be the actress getting ready and preparing to leave the house and go on a date. We'll do a small scene with the mirror in the bathroom and intersperse clips of the actress applying make-up with panning shots and snipets of details of the room which hints at aspects of the characters personality e.g. '50 Shades of Grey' trilogy, multiple of Valentine's Day cards and flowers and beauty products such as mascara and powder.

We are hoping to do a window scene, using a reverse shot, where we get a shot of the actress first approaching the window, then two point of view shots of the actor. One being the actress's view point of her seeing the actor, playing her date, from the top floor window (shot at a high angle from inside through the window) and the second being the actor's view point of the actress waving behind the window (shot from a low angle outside).

The actress exits the house and walks round, along the pavement to meet the actor, whose leaning on the wall, inspired by the memorable pose Aaron Johnson's character makes in Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Both characters then walk off holding hands/arms around one another down the street as the sequence comes to an end.

*The film video footage*

These shots and locations give a general picture of where our film will be set and what we are aiming for regarding picture and location. They'll be a useful reference point while filming as well as something to experiment with, as not all the shots are definitely set and regarding exterior locations, we will be fiddling about with placement and camera angle before we decide what we'll be doing for certain.

Pheebs OUT! ;)