Construction Post 25: The Back-Up Shoot

Our back-up shoot took place on the 5th March 2017. We began at 9:00am as usual and had finished by around 2:30pm as there was less footage to shoot. Below are screenshots of our back up shootboard.

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Unfortunately it was raining in the morning so we had to adapt our plans slightly and work around the weather. We decided we would film the outdoor sequence with the additional prop of an umbrella so that we could continue to film through the rain. Luckily for us the rain stopped and the weather improved massively and so we could film the shots as planned with out the umbrella.

During the filming of the outdoor sequences we made sure to keep an eye on the distance between the jogger and the lawyer so it was more realistic. Additionally we had more time to practice the hand held jogging shot so that it would be as steady as possible. This time round Sian filmed the hand held jogger shot as she has the steadiest hand.

We also added a small amount of dialogue as the lawyer was to be on the phone as she walked down the street. In her first shot she says "Yeah I'm alright, I just can't believe he's been released though" and in the other shot she says "It's alright, it's just a jogger." This helps to make the fact that she can't hear the jogger behind her more believable.

Below is a clip showing the two shots that contained dialogue.

The other thing we changed was the dining room sequence. As the lawyer sits down, she receives a text from her friend asking if she is ok as the man she put in prison (Jeff Richardson - the stalker) has been released. In the shot after that you see her sign a few more documents to represent the fact that she works in the legal profession.

Below is a video of the dining room rushes from our main shoot and also the ones from our back-up shoot.

Overall I am extremely happy with the footage we took during our back-up session and I think that we were successful in our improvements. I believe that our red herring sequence will be more effective now and that on the whole our narrative is now clearer too.