Kates A2 Media Blog: November 2013

25/11/2013
Scene 1-

Location: When filming the first scene we visited Kates house and focused on scenes within the kitchen.

What we did:

For the first scene we took various different shots such as extreme close ups, mid shots and long shots. In which we used various techniques such as match on action and selective focus. The first scene is primarily used to establish characters and introduce the foundations of the story line.
The first thing to happen in this scene is Peter (male actor)'s phone receives a text saying 'Your package is ready to be collected'.
The first action shot taking place in the kitchen takes place in the morning. A medium-long shot is used where Peter walks into the scene, picks up the kettle and fills it with water and then turns it on to boil. We also filmed a close up shot of the kettle filling with water which we will edit into the clip creating match on action.
We then cut to a point where we used an over the shoulder shot of the male opening and reading the text to start an idea that he may be hiding something or acting suspiciously.
Whilst in the kitchen we placed the camera inside of the fridge which showed Peter opening the fridge to get the milk.
After this we filmed a short clip of Kate walking down the stairs in which we used a tilting motion partnered with a close up of her feet walking down the stairs, this was used to maintain the mysterious aspects. This will be cut into the scene at various points to create tension.
From here we filmed a point of view shot from Peters (male actor) perspective to show Kate (female actor) walking into the kitchen with the first piece of dialogue:
Peter: morning
Kate: you where in late last night
Peter: was I?
Kate: yeah, anyway im going to have to go to work now I've slept in see you later
Peter: see you later
This scene adds to the suspicion and tension initially started by the text at the start of the scene and the clip of Kate walking down the stairs.
The next shot is a long shot taken in the hall way where we see Kate (actress), leave the house through the front door, to work.
Kate: bye
Peter: see you tonight

Scene 2-
In the second scene we shot a clip which showed Kate leaving house to go to work. For this we used a long shot to capture the actions. After this we filmed a point of view shot taken from Peters point of view which gives the idea of a stalker because he is watching her. We then used an over the shoulder shot to establish the idea that the previous shot was in fact taken from Peters point of view. This was also used to establish the ideas surrounding mystery and the themes of thriller.

Scene 3-

We then filmed a short clip of Peter sat in the living room, which showed him looking at a picture of him and Kate, this scene was used to convey the ideas of our short film to the audience, to allow them a better understanding of upcoming events. It creates the idea of obsessive behaviour of the male towards his girlfriend. This shot was taken because we had access to the location at that point, but will probably be included in a separate scene.

We are next filming on Monday 2nd December.