Filming Day 2 Vlog

Here is the vlog of our day of filming:

Filming Day 2

Today was our second day of filming and overall I feel it was a success. We encountered a few problems, including high wind speeds and near constant dog-walkers but managed to get all the external shots we needed in about 3-4 hours, which meant that our lighting stayed fairly consistent. Here are a few photos of our day, taken by Kirti. Vlog to follow soon.

Myself explaining to Saanika which shots we planned to get at the location

Saanika and I mapping out where she needed to walk in the frame

Kirti trying to find the best angles at the location

Myself trying to capture audio so that there would be minimal work on diegetic sound in post

Slightly manic faces after a long and cold day

London Spy

I have been enjoying the new BBC2 spy thriller London Spy and we can use it in addition to the case of the death of MI6 agent Gareth Williams (an article about the case can be found here) as inspiration for our film opening, in which a girl stumbles across a suspicious suitcase in a wood. London Spy further shows that the thriller is a popular genre as it pulled in 2.5 million viewers on its first episode.

We may be able to use some of the shots of the main character, Danny, discovering a suspicious chest in the attic as inspiration for shots in our film opening.

A slightly high angle, almost POV, shot of the chest

A mid shot of Danny's reaction

Close up of Danny reaching to open the chest

Most of the shots in this part of London Spy have a long duration, which really effectively builds suspense and tension, so this is something else we would want to make sure we included in our film opening.

Filming Day 1

Today we had our first day of filming. Here is a vlog of that. We got all the internal shots we needed and plan to film in the wood next weekend.


 

New Filming Dates

We have figured out our new filming dates. They are as follows:

Saturday 28th November- internal shots at my house
Saturday 5th December- external shots at our location at Hilly Fields

Storyboards

Here are the storyboards we created on Monday for our new idea.

Change of plan

As our original group wasn't working out, we decided to split so now Group 4 consists of myself and Kirti. We have also changed our idea, but maintained that the genre will be thriller.

In concise terms, our idea is that a young woman is walking through a wood and she discovers an abandoned suitcase.

This idea is much simpler and so will be easier to shoot, which allows us more time to think about how we will reflect the genre in the way it is shot and edited and through sound design. We have also established which location we will be using and I will post the photos of the storyboards we created today in my next post.