This week we got into groups to film the same script in different locations. The purpose of this task is for us to figure out how the direction of the sun would affect the camera coverage. The locations are the east and west foyers of building 9. So in the morning the sun comes up from the east, the west foyer is in the shadow side of the building and has no direct sunlight coming in from the door so the hallway is mainly lit by white fluorescent light. Meanwhile, the east foyer is facing the direction of the sun, the hallway is lit by direct and reflected sunlight.
Our group got to film at the west foyer first. Matthew was the director and he said that we needed a kino flow to have more lighting so we tried to set up a kino flow at the side but the power plugs didn’t work. Matthew insisted on using the kino flow so we consulted the tech office staff and they said there’s another place with two elevators that we could film at. We eventually filmed in at the east side of building 9 where there was barely enough room to fit all of us and the kino flow in. The kino flow was set at the corner, providing steady white fluorescent light from the right of the frame. There was also a bounce board to the left of the frame so there’s more fill light on the subject’s face.
We spent about an hour and a half to figure stuff out while pushing through the process of filming scene 1and we only had about 10 minutes to film the scene at the east foyer and everything was in a rush, we didn’t even have the time to film from a different angle. The problem with time managing should really be taken into consideration. It’d be great to select someone as a first AD and have the time counted so we don’t go over time.
When we’re editing, the first shot where Jeff and Martine bump into each other, the shot was first static and then becomes a tracking shot. Due to the tiny space we filmed at, the kino flow was really close to the subjects and when the camera tracks them it’s easy to reveal the kino flow. Even though we cut the tracking shot to the exterior shot, it’s still obvious that the lighting equipment is about to come into the frame as the lighting coming into the camera get stronger.