Filming

These are some pictures of me filming my actresses on the scene of Grace and her mother having an argument. We started off by rehearsing and practicing, and also blocking exactly where we wanted to shoot the scene, we then went through the script altogether, to make sure the two actresses knew their lines, then we went on to film the scene. 

Blocking: Friends Scene

Friends Scene:
When filming this scene, I was unable to decided which position I wanted to put my camera so t hat it showed everyone's face, showing them all having a good time and although Grace isn't very well, she still spends time with her friends and has a laugh. This is a quick shot in my trailer, cut with a shot of Grace laughing and then Jessica laughing. In the end, I decided to go with the 3rd picture as in the shot it clearly shows all of them having fun and the position of the camera shows the majority of peoples faces.
I decided in the end to position it mid/high shot as it portrayed Grace not worrying about her illness as she was with her friends and she felt just on level as everyone else. The high shot represented that the illness was still a barrier (ie: she couldn't drink wine like the rest of her friends, but had to have a glass of water instead).

Blocking: Baby Photo Scene

Baby Photo Scene
When filming these shots, I couldn't decided where to place the camera, as I wanted to show everyone in the scene, and didn't want anyone's back towards the camera. By taking pictures, helped me as I looked back and could tell what looked the best and which angle was more suited to the shot. I decided to go with the positioning of the 4th picture as it showed the whole families reactions and also was on an angle in which you could actually see the pictures. However, in the 4th picture, it is slightly at a higher angle than I actually done. I felt like I wanted to do a mid shot, when shooting this scene as it showed that although Grace wasn't very well, these family times that they were having were overcoming the illness and wasn't defeating the family, in which is shown in other shots in the trailer.

Blocking: Bedroom Scene

Mum and Dad - Bedroom Scene
Before filming my scene with my actors, I decided to place them where they would be in the scene and then take pictures from different places and angles in the room to decide where I definitely wanted to place to camera, making sure I was 100% happy with where the scene was being shot and portrayed exactly what I wanted it to.  After taking pictures, I decided that picture 2 was where I definitely did want to shoot and angle my camera. This is as it portrayed the fact that the situation of their daughter being ill was over-powering them and tearing the family apart as it was a high angle shot.

Blocking: Bedroom Scene

Mum and Dad Bedroom Scene
Before filming this scene, I decided that I was going to plan exactly where I wanted my camera to stand, overlooking my actors. I decided that I was going to put the camera on the top of the bed as I wanted it to be a high camera shot showing that Grace's parents were in a bad place due to the illness. 

Blocking: First Scene





Grace First Scene - Beginning of the Trailer
I was still finding it difficult to decide where to shoot my scene, so I decided to get my subject to model in my picture, this gave me more of an idea of where exactly my actress would be sitting and what it would look like when I came round to filming.
From this I decided to go with picture 4, this is as you can clearly see the actress' face, which shows the emotion in the actress' face. It also doesn't show to much of the photo frame, as in my next shot, is an over the shoulder shot, zooming into the frame.

Blocking: First Scene

                             
Grace's Bedroom - First Scene        
I started blocking and filming my trailer on Thursday 2nd October - but before filming, I decided to plan and decide exactly where in my venue I wanted to film my shot.
To do this, I took pictures of all the different places I could film this shot, this made it easier for me to visualise exactly where I was going to shoot, before actually filming it.