The next day we put the final touches onto our set; placing mugs, moving tables into place, arranging objects, setting out a plate with biscuits and chocolate, writing code onto the whiteboard, hanging wires from the computer and more. I covered the windows with black bin bags so that unwanted light would not get in the way. Raef brought lighting and we experimented with the filters, trying red, green and yellow before choosing blue which helped with creating the atmosphere for the room. For some of the shots we used an honeycomb grid which focused the light on one point, this was really useful for when we wanted the viewer to focus on something in particular during a shot, for example, the hacker's hands.
Soon after we finished setting up and experimenting with lighting, our actors/assistants (Nico and Francis) arrived. After choosing an outfit for Nico and gelling his hair, we were ready to start filming. The shots were equally managed between us, roles such as keeping track of shots, filming, lighting were rotated among us so that everyone had a chance to do a bit of everything.
The shot was successful as we managed to get all our shots taken in the allocated time, despite having to rush slightly at the end. One of the problems I noticed is that if anything needs to be shot again we'll have to retake all the shots as the set design is so unique that attempting to recreate it would almost certainly result in continuity errors.
No comments:
Post a Comment