Final Shoot HAMMER HALL

This shoot wasn’t what I had expected. My test shoot was conducted at night and I decided from there that I would prefer to do a day shoot for my final scene. Part of this decision came from the fact that it was more difficult that I had anticipated shooting in the evening, but also because I wanted to vary up the scenes I was producing. I though that this location could be captured well during the day and was expecting it to be easier than the night shoot. Thus I filmed during the day and coincidently on one of the worst possible days. I hadn’t realised how thick the fog was until I arrived on location and the city buildings were only half visible. This became a bit of a problem when adjusting the exposure. One of the main features of this scene was the city as well as my actress within the space, and it proved to be difficult to capture. I don’t mind the brightness of the shots, but i wish i could have captured better shots of the city and had better visibility. The fog was an interesting element to the scene however I would definitely have preferred the have seen a clear city skyline. Looking back it may have been the right decision to do a night shoot as intended, I just seemed to panic and change at the last minute and thus not know the conditions I was shooting in.

The end product of this scene is still interesting however less so than I had hoped. I wanted the city to pop out and Pippa (the actress) to be apart of it, but it feels more like a montage sequence than a scene. Not because of the editing but because the shots don’t flow as easily or as interestingly. I still like many of the shots, most that feature Pippa and her being natural in the environment, I’m just not sure what to make of it as a whole.

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