Filming Day 1! FT

The first step into filming, my partner and I started off by getting together and discussing when we wanted to start filming. Then we got together which was followed by wisely choosing our setting for our first couple of shots. I wanted to start off by practicing shots with our camera on how we were going to relate the setting to the genre. In addition to establishing the atmosphere, the tone informs the audience of the type of experience they might expect. The setting creates a sense of place and mood and may reflect a character's emotional state. Filmmakers can set expectations for the audience by matching the opening scene to our genre. As a result of this, audiences are better able to relate to the movie and can anticipate the kind of plot they will see. An inaccurate representation of the genre in the opening scene may leave viewers perplexed or disappointed. My choice for our first shot, I wanted it to be Myra. Who is the character who is the villain in our opening scene. I planned on getting an establishing shot of Myra grieving her wife who she had just lost. It made more sense for her to be gay because she was obsessed with our damsel. A couple shots I wanted to practice with the camera is a mid-shot as well as a long shot, of Myra in the grocery store noticing our victim. We want that eerie vibe to fit the genre of our opening scene. Our opening scene directly lining up with our genre means a lot to my group because we want our audience to know exactly what message we are putting out there. Once my partner and I had a good feel of the camera and established what shots and angles we wanted to use in our scene, we then decided to watch over what we had. We had about 30 seconds of footage that we really liked. I personally thought the tilt and track of the camera could have been neater. This is something we could try again next time we meet. Overall our first day of filming was very successful though, we didn't have a lot of footage that we wanted to be in our final project, we knew exactly what we had to work on next time we met.