Filming, Day 3...

Today, we completed the filming of the interview scenes that appear in our short film, Confessions of a sock-a-holic. There are three interviews that take place, and we filmed all of them in the same location and used the same lighting and camera angles for all of them so that it has continuity. This is in contrast with the interviews that are seen at the beginning of the film, which are all in different seetings as to display that they are random people.
Filming ran smoothly and we got all the shots we needed. The actors also improvised on some of their lines, which fits in well to the story as it appears more relaxed and less scripted- which documentaries aren't.
We set up the lighting and camera the same each time as to add continuity, and the actors each in turn sat down and said their part while Heather asked them questions.

Filming Plan 3...

We have now filmed the majority of the scenes that happen outside of the interviews except for a short scene at a police station which we plan to film one morning. We are now planning to film a series of interviews including Paul, his sister and his father. We are going to film these in a drama studio because they have long black curtains that we can uus as a good backdrop. As long as the actors stay on task and remember theur lines, these shouldnt take longer than about 2-3 hours to fully shoot.
We will start our filming with Paul's scenes as this interview comes at the beginning of the film- it is easier to film the interviews in chronoligical order so we can keep track of everything. We will then film Abi, who plays Paul's sister and then Duncan, who plays Paul's father. We will include a variety of shots to make the interviews seem more interesting and to engage the audience, as scenes like these can sometimes go on a bit and be boring.

Filming Day 2...

We filmed the first break in scene from Confessions of a sock-a-holic at my house during the night. The filming for this scene went relatively smoothly, except for a few script changes and problems with lighting. We changed the part in the script where Paul is seen breaking in through the window of the house, to him being seen hiding behind a wall in the house and approaching from behind once he sees that there is no one around. We decided to do this so that there would only be one scene of him actually breaking into the house, and also to imply that he managed to break in.
The lighting problems came when we tried to film in a room which was pitch black. We found a lamp to put in one half of the room that still gave off the illusion that the main lights were off. This also created a nice silhouette.


-KW

Filming Plan 2...

The next scene we plan to film is the second break in scene with Paul (Jacob). In this scene, Paul is seen sneaking around a random house looking for a bedroom so he can complete his mission of pairing up odd socks. He finds the room, but then realises the house is not empty like he once though, as he hears a little boy wimper "Mummy I think I heard something!". The light switch is flicked on and Paul is exposed. The reaction shot then cuts abruptly to a long shot of him walking out of a police station, which implies that he has spent the night there (but this short scene will be filmed on another day).
We have decided to film this at my house as it is dissimilar to Heather's, where we previously filmed, and once again, at night time. Not as many shots will be needed for this scene as it only takes up a small section of the film, but it is still important. Also, not as many props are needed- the only major one is the onepiece which Paul wears. This scene should hopefully take less than an hour to shoot.


-KW

Filming, Day 1...

Today we began filming for our short film, 'Confessions of a sock-a-holic', starting with the final scene, where Paul/ The Sockman (Jacob) is seen breaking into a house to pair up all the odd socks of the household, and suddenly begins to hallucinate about the sockmonster.
Here are a few photos of the scenes we set up that I took on the day:

The day went well and we completed the filming of the whole scene in about 2 hours, which is good considering we had to set up the cameras, the scenes and also made a few changes to the script and shots.
We didn't encounter many problems (except almost getting locked out of Heather's house in the freezing cold), however we had to adjust the lighting in some of the scenes because filming at night-time made it quite difficult to film as the picture couldn't be clearly seen. We were lucky that there was a light outside of the house which lit the porch perfectly, and that we found lamps to brighten the bedroom whilst still giving off the impression that it was dark.


-KW

Filming Plan...

We are about to begin filming for our short film, 'Confessions of a Sock-a-holic', and we thought it would be best if we devise a short plan of action, so we know exactly what we're doing on the day and can get straight to work without the fuss.
The first scene we have decided to shoot is the final scene that shows Paul/The Sockman (Jacob) breaking into the final house to carry out his deed, hearing a noise and hallucinating the socks on the stairs. We have chosen to film this scene first because it is the final scene, so we have something to work towards when we come to shoot all of our other scenes.
We are going to film this scene at Heather's house, and will be using the front of her house, her staircase, hallway and her brothers room for the scenes, and we will be shooting at night time as to make it seem more realistic that Paul is actually breaking into someones house.
The props we will be using are:
-the onepiece
-childrens toys
-lots of socks
-a pot
-a hair clip


-KW