Filming: Scene 3
- 2011545
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 3, 2022
Scenes 3 shown below on the storyboard was also shot in the Photography Room (119) at UCA Rochester, albeit a few metres away. In this part of the film, Jane picks up her coat, wears it, and walks out. The issue I had was that I didn't have the same actress to film with for this scene, so instead of switching things up, I just shot the scene normally and edited it in post production to hide the actors face. Thinking outside of the box, I wanted to create a sense of mystery and confusion by doing this. I did this by cropping out the first part like so; the character's identity was concealed.
The development of this shot was simple. Like in the previous shot I filmed, some friends helped me out (specifically the actor Reece) who had a very interesting idea of using the rack in the back of 119 as a makeshift coat rack. So this is what I did for this shot as it was potentially the best alternative we had. Essentially all Jane did was wear the coat, so this is what he did and then walks off. It was pretty simple and straightforward.
I didn't like this shot as well as I thought there was just a bit too much of the bin in the shot which I thought distracted from what was actually happening, and I thought the lighting was a tad overexposed. This was only one of three takes took for this scene, and it also isn't cropped, so you can see the first bit, where the actor walks in. I decided to get rid of that bit like so above to keep the sense of mystery, and hopefully creating the illusion it's the same character that wakes up and gets out of bed as it is who picks up her coat on the rack.
Once this shot was completed; Reece had an idea to create an ominous sort of exit shot with his face obscured in the footage. I thought this was worth experimenting with so I tried this shot out below. There was a lot of clutter surrounding the doors between 119 and the studio behind it with posters and film equipment so I zoomed in just to focus on the door transition. In the end I was quite happy with the shot.
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