Yesterday, me and Kirsty filmed our our first scripted & planned short scene 'The Prisoner'. Of course, there had to be some hiccups, the main one being our video camera wasn't fully charged and ran out 15 minutes into filming! But, luckily, the schools FLIP HD video camera came to the rescue! We mamaged the film the entire scene on this camera which meant we got some really intimate shots.
We also did a mini casting session in the sixth form common room and managed to recruit two actors, Billy Bradshaw & Sam Humby, to play Number 2 and Number 6 in the scene which meant me and Kirsty could do the camera work and directing fully.
For the setting for scene, we chose the ambiont drama studio as we could get the room really dark to acheive a mysterious and shadowy effect. It turned out as a brilliant place to film as we could get a totally black background and there was facilities (like toilets!) near by.
We had to do numerous takes of each shot so we could get the right angle and make it look the most effective. we also had to do a few extra because Sam & Billy forgot lines, or laughed, or weren't in the right position (check out our coming soon Blooper Reel for those takes!) We are in the editing stage now, so watch this space for The Prisoner, coming soon....
PS a huge thank you to the dedication of time & effort of Sam and Billy!
You've started to go into a good level of detail now, Flossi - you need to maintain this level. Try also to make links with appropriate videos, web pages, images etc. which you can use to compare/ develop your work/ understanding.
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