The Shoot - Day 2

I have to say I found today’s shoot very enjoyable. We spent the whole day shooting in a converted attic that acted as Paul’s bedroom. The three scenes in the script that take place in this location are when Paul and Anita cuddle on the bed following the first row with her father, when Paul eats alone watching TV and when he is packing his things to move out before Anita calls over in tears.

Each of the scenes take place at night so we needed to black out a skylight using bin bags and I then bounced the light from a low positioned tungsten light off a wall to mimic the glow from a television set. This worked very well and the camera was happy (I’ve learnt this year that the Sony NEX–EA50 shows its like and dislike of certain scene lighting rather starkly!). The effect was complete when Colm, our soundman, had the rather clever idea of flicking a torch on and off to mimic the flickering light of a TV screen. I have to say I was pretty impressed with how well the overall result looked.

Here are some pictures of me in action!

We finished the day by shooting a very precisely choreographed tracking shot and an interesting shot of Paul packing clothes into a box, which I film from within the box looking out as the actors Cillein threw clothes on top of me. All in a day’s work!