Furthermore the shot that I found to have the most difficulty was the talking scene with the housemate, because I tried many different angles and experimented with it. I ended up liking the side shot of Matthew with Jayden in the background because you can see the dead expression in Matthews face with Jayden's reaction in the background, then I also followed this up with close ups on each of their faces to capture in depth details of their reactions and dialogue to each other. I did this because I wanted to try something different to the original plan of over the shoulder shots. Which I think worked well as it was different to my original plan but it also came out as decent shots to film, which I was ultimately happy with the outcome of these shots.

When we finished filming I looked back on all the footage and I was pleased with the outcome of everything, as everything formed together just how I imagined it.

I sat down my actors and crew instantly and talked them through every shot and what will happen throughout shooting, this will give everyone clarity and understanding of what will be going on, and I asked if anyone has any questions.

I shot in chronological order of the story which everyone found easier as my main character knows how to build up their emotions throughout the scene.

The equipment I used was a rode microphone, Panasonic 180 camera and lighting equipment. For the scenes that Sam wasn't acting in, he helped out throughout recording sound, where I was on the camera for the majority of the scenes.

I was very intuitive within what shots I wanted and I knew where I wanted to do them and how they looked, which helped everyone within the sense of I was a confident director and I acted like I knew what I was doing which will help everyone else's confidence levels as they will feel like they can rely on me for backup and reassurance.

I used areas outside and within the household. I used the entrance to the house, hallway, kitchen and living room within my scene. For me within filming a low budget film, I wanted to make it effective with good storytelling and I achieved this through keeping it simple but effective, I used different interesting shots to capture different reactions, and they all glued together nicely in the edit which I thought about throughout filming and in the pre production elements.

Moreover I felt like test shots were important to utilise as they will help me imagine what the scene will look like through the camera lens before actually filming.

For the character of Jayden I have chosen for Sam Harrison to play Jayden because he can play a supportive character very well, and both of my actors can listen and accept feedback very well.

Both my actors signed my actor agreement forms and were happy to be involved in my production.

We also had table reads at the start of our filming session as they both adapted to each others characters and found the table read to help them make their performances more fluent. Additionally I helped them and guided them through the table read as I expressed to both to maintain a calm and composed mindset and to glide into their characters.

Furthermore I created a shooting schedule to film on the second of December for four hours, which gave me plenty of time to film as everything glued together well.

I also created a floor plan to map out the whole house and created and added to my risk assessment. Personally I found the risk assessment one of the most challenging parts of my pre production because I was clueless to begin with on the layout and how to add hazards in effectively. But in the end I worked it all out and successfully created my risk assessment in full.

I had table reads in my pre production as I sent out my script giving my actors plenty of time to learn their lines as this will help them to really get into their characters.

A budget was needed to be fulfilled also as my scene only needed money to be spent on a wine bottle on squash.

Shooting permits were also allowed because we were filming in my own University rented house.

I started with labelling my shots and lining them up with sound. Then I put them all in sequence order on the track and made cuts to put all my shots in a snappy yet effective sequence.

I know that as a director that it is vitally important to be apart of every aspect of filmmaking, from the start of pre production to finalising the last cut of my version of my scene, it is important to put all my effort into doing so.

Therefore because I made my own script and filmed the scene myself I found it easier to piece the edit together than in previous projects because I have already thought out in detail of how it will look as a final production.

On the other hand I always find the editing process difficult because I have never edited before doing this course at University and I do try to make it look as good as possible for my skills, but it does take me a long time to finish editing because I am not fluent in my editing skills, but I am pleased with the final outcome of the edit as everything does flow together nicely, as I find going from shot to shot satisfying through watching my scene as they do line up nicely together and fluently.

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Lyons,S. (2012). Independent Film Producing: The Craft of Low Budget Filmmaking. Taylor & Francis Group.