Evaluation of Refilming

The re-filming that we scheduled for last week was a success and has greatly enhanced our sequence. The filming was of scene one, where we see the main student character, being watched by the kidnapper. It was important that we re-filmed this scene as it was originally very dark and so the audience we have been unable to see anything. We quickly decided that this was inadequate and so set another day to film the scene.

We decided to re-film on Thursday 3rd March as this was the best possible opportunity, unfortunately Sam Payne was unable to be present on this day. However the remaining three were able to re-film the scene effectively without Sam's presence. We waited until dusk to film which was approximately 17:30
because we wanted the lighting to be dark enough to make the scene look mysterious but light enough that we would be able to use the footage. We did no come across as much problems as we had done on our previous day of filming such as Pedestrians and Cyclists which meant that we were able to film more easily without members of the public causally wandering into the shot and removing the effect of entrapment by the kidnapper.

As a result of re-filming the shots produced by overall, more accurate, and better taken. This is partly because we had recent experience in the location, but also because it was lighter and therefore we were able to see what we were filming. Filming on a different day has also benefitted the mise-en scene of the project, with there being a clear distinction between the first scene and second scene. The new re-filmed first scene now has colder, misty weather, and there are less people around. This creates a more isolated atmosphere and greatly enhanced the experience for the audience.

We have already imported and edited this footage, and are now in the credits stage. This will be explain in another post.