Evaluating my pilot

What were you filming and why?

 My group and I were filming the pilot to our opening sequence. We did this to get a taste of what the filming process is like, and to get a visual idea of how our sequence may potentially turn out.

What substitutions did you make in the test filming and why?

 Instead of using a male actor, myself was used to play this role. I used mime through this process, for example when I had to 'put on the cufflinks' instead of actually using the item itself I just made hand gestures to signify the cufflinks.

What camera angles did you make in the test filming and why? 

 We used a lot of extreme close up's, and close up's when filming my character 'getting ready' and walking out of the 'mansion'. We did this to emphasis the wealth that the characters have.We also used panning when taking a video of the the car. This was done to make it clear what status the characters represent.

Did you find this process useful as a group?

 Yes, we found this process extremely useful as it helped us understand what shots would work and what ones wouldn't.

What worked well? What didn't?

We found that panning shots looked quite messy, but that could be because of the hand camera we were using which made the footage wobbly. Other than that, the close up's worked really well as they draw the viewer's attention to all the items of the wealth that our actors will have. Subconsciously we would be drilling the idea of spoilt, 'rich kids' into our viewers mind so that when they see the rich kids being tied down in chairs and attacked they almost feel happy for them as they want to see them struggle.

Pictures of the process-

 

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