Main task, Filming part two - Tuesday 14th March

Today; myself, Hayley, Becca and Chavers started the second day of filming our main task with the protagonist of our sequence Zak Goatham. We previously asked permission from our school's librarian to film the first part of the main task sequence. We decided on the location of a library to emphasis the feeling of a tense atmosphere created by the feel of silence and anticipation. Myself, Hayley and Becca began by using a tripod to hold the video camera whilst filming a pan shot of the location, however we found out that the transitions were too slow and rigid, therefore we decided to hold the camera in our hands to create a smoother transition, all three of us had a go, this was a great idea because when we watched the clips back we realised who had more of a steady hand when it came to filming the pan shot and the transition of the clip looked more real from an audience perspective. We used various camera positions to film the rest of the library scene; such as Hayley filmed on the floor holding the camera whilst filming Zak picking up a book from the floor, whilst this happened I stood behind Hayley and dropped a library book on the floor to create diegetic sound which was poignant to the clip. When we began filming in the school's grounds we used the tripod to hold the camera whilst Zak was running down a pathway, we used various postitions to show the use of our camera skills, such as a long shot and a mid shot. Becca held the camera on the ground once again below a set of stairs so we could get a high angle shot of Zak jumping down a set of stairs. This was really effective because the clip will be used to express the feel of falling from a great height instead of a couple of steps if you filmed Zak from behind used a mid shot.

Afterwards; myself, Becca and Hayley used the school's photography dark room to create the location of a hostage situation. We had Zak sitting on a chair, and we used Hayley's AS level photography skills to set the lighting in the room, we used a snoop light which was set right infront of Zak's face and we used this to film the effect of waking up and adjusting to a bright light, we used an extreme close up to focus on Zak's eye which zoomed out into a mid shot to show the location on the scene. The location was very effective towards our sequence because the feeling of the colour black can create fear for the audience which is supported by the view of a dominant ideology and the idea of the preferred, opositonal and negotiated reading from David Morely.