DAY 1

DAY 1 OF FILMING

Before Filming we discussed which scenes we would aimed to complete on the following day. As a group we decided to begin filming the very first opening shots which included our main character ( Kirsty characters). Day one was very hectic for us as we had to mange both our feelings of excitement and our nerves in order to insure our first scenes were completed. Sophie filmed the very first scenes which included the close up of the clock and the main characters belongings. We experimented with a range of camera angles to ensure the shots looked visually exciting .

After doing this we had to shoot the close ups of our main character sleeping, again Sophie filmed this shot making sure we had a perfect angle. It was exactly this scene we had difficulty with as we wanted a close up of our characters face but due to filming on a extremely the tri-pods feet where at uneven heights causing the camera to wobble and produce unstable moving images. We had to ensure Sophie kept extremely still when filming because of this.

Below we have our main characters outfit she is wearing pyjamas as she has just finished her sleeping scene  her outfit was chosen in  order to represent a  really gritty and rough teenager, for example oversized t-shirt  

IN ONE SCENE NAOMI HAD TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF THE PROTAGONIST AS KIRSTY HAD FRESHLY DONE NAILS WHICH WERE AN OBSTACLE WHEN IT CAME TO FILMING. WE FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO CONSTANTLY MAINTAIN THE IDEA OF THE PROTAGONIST BEING UNCONSCIOUS OF HER APPEARANCE AND ALMOST NEGLECTED. AS NAOMI HAD BITTEN DOWN AND ROUGH NAILS IT WORKED REALLY WELL.

scene without question.

These are the props we used in the opening scene and had many close ups of, which help the audience to infer the personality of our protagonist. The diary we used contains disturbing imagery and words which help to establish the mind set of our character. We had done previous research of the medication taken by a person diagnosed with schizophrenia, and we found out a common medication is 'Clozapine'. We took a regular box of tablets and printed out the label of Clozapine and stuck it on. We decided to have some loose and crushed tablets to the side of the bed to give the audience an insight into how much she isn't worried about taking her medication. The candle symbolises light in the darkness of life especially individual life; however, as the candles aren't lit, they're burnt, highlighting the fact that there might once of been light in her life - but this has been erased. 

Here we have Kaeja trying to position the lighting in the correct place. We were aiming to create balanced lighting without a shadow or a spotlight - we found this to be a difficult task which took a lot of tries to get right.