Thursday, 4 February 2010

Screen shots from filming

Some screen shots from our two filming sessions...
- under Hackney Road railway bridge -
The lighting here in this urban environment is unique with the green neon lights. The advertising boards covered in tattered posters and street lamps give the rough, urban environment we are aiming for.

- Hackney Road, middle of the busy road, fish eye effect -
This shot, with the speeding traffic, gives the impression that everything is passing him by, while he is left behind in his world of despair and regret.

- Grace's garage, Greenhithe, Red lighting -
These shots are to portray the unkempt room our main character lives in. The untidyness conveys his messed up state of mind, and how he has a lack of regard for anything as his mind is consumed with regret.

- Grace's garage, the chair in our main actors room -
To emphasise the loneliness and emptiness he feels

- Grace's garage, Greenhithe -
We used car headlights to create interesting directional lighting. I like the effect as it creates more shadows and dynamic lighting than a normal light bulb.

- Park behind Hackney Road -
The lighting here was really effective, and the lit up flats in the second shot add to the urban environment. The second shot also lends itself to be used in an overlay, as there is a lot of space on the left side of the shot. Overlaying something such as a medium shot of the girlfriend he has lost would be perfect as he looks like he is thinking in this shot.

- Columbia Road, Hackney -
Filming in front of a gate gave us a frame for shots of our actor in different positions, where he is thinking, regretting and remembering. The street lamp also creates dramatic shadows.