Filming

The filming process ran fairly smoothly. We used the storyboard as a guide but of course we often experimented to see if we could film something using different shots/movements so that it either looked better or ran more smoothly. We used an array of shots, opening with an establishing shot of the car park with the school building in the background to set the scene for the audience. We then used an over the shoulder shot as the character got out of the car to give the audience an insight into the character’s life, as though they were sat in the passenger seat witnessing it for themselves. Using match on action, we filmed the character getting out of the car, using a long shot. Again, this gives the audience an insight into the character’s life as they can see everything that is going on around her. We use a low angle shot when the character is getting her bag from out of the boot, to achieve this we set the camera filming and put it into the car. As the character runs down to school, we zoom in causing the camera to blur slightly, showing the rush the she is in. We use close ups to express the character’s emotions, for example, the teacher shouting at the student for being late; the teacher is in the audience’s personal space and they feel uncomfortable. A low angle shot is also used here to convey the power of the teacher. One of the main problems of the filming process was that there was often times when the whole group wasn’t present which meant that we couldn’t do what we had planned for that day, however, there was always an alternative, such as editing, which we could be getting on with.