Construction: FILMING PROCESS - Pio George

Filming Process

During the filming process our group was using the Canon DSLR camera to film the scenes we needed for our opening.

The filming process only took one day to finish and the filming was complete in around 3 hours. First we filmed the shower scene and we first decided to film the shower head as an establishing shot. Then we came up with the idea that we should use the camera lens to un-focus the shot then slowly focus it to reveal the shower head. After, we filmed Ben in the shower with a low-angle shot. We filmed Ben shaving and added over the shoulder shots and close up shots of Ben shaving. 

After his shaving scene, we filmed Ben getting ready and a close-up of his hand putting on his watch and after that we filmed Ben going down the stairs. Also, we filmed Ben walking into the kitchen were he first examines a sharp knife then he quickly drops it and picks up a butter-knife. We also filmed him preparing toast and him putting on the butter and after that, we filmed a scene of Ben eating the toast. 

When that scene was finished, we moved on to filming Ben putting on his blazer and is walking towards the door. We filmed Ben nearly tripping over something, we did a low-angle shot of him looking down and smiling. After this, we filmed Ben picking up a bag and leaving out the front door and after the door is shut, the camera slowly moves down and reveals a dead body, which is played by Morgan. We focus on Morgans eye and slowly zoom closer to his eye.

Problems during the filming process

One problem we faced was the shower scene, as we could not use the tripod to film, as it would not extend upward. However, we were able to get past this problem as we got a chair and used it to increase our height and get a good shot of the shower head.

Another problem we had was the shaving scene, as we needed the camera to have a close-up shot of the face as Ben was shaving however, we could not hold the camera without getting in the shot. We over came this problem by placing the camera inside a cabinet slightly above the sink to capture a shot of Ben as if he was looking at a mirror.