The Process of filming, chapter 2

Except the memory parts of two sisters, the remaining part of the film will be done at home. For various reasons, I need to re-shoot indoor scenes. During the process of shooting, I ran into new problems: In the play that girl who plays elder sister because of personal problems need to back to China in 18^th August, which means that if I need her re-filmed lens can not be achieved, so every shots in my film are taken 5-6 times as much as possible to avoid the situation can not be used with certain lenses. The followings are my shooting script:

Scene 1

Location: living room

Performers: elder sister (Jolly) younger sister: lacie

Camera: Peng

Lighting: natural light plus orange & red

1 the lens similar to peeping, younger sister sat on the sofa and reading (her sister’s subjective lens)
2 elder sister came from a dark room, then looked at her sister, and then open the kitchen light, walked to the stove (dynamic camera movement followed the trajectory of the girl)
3 elder sister poured a glass of water, open the closet, took out a pill
4 white drug’s foam integrated into the water, (close-up of the cup)
5 stirring a cup of water with chopsticks, and then took a look at the water
6 panoramic lens of living room, elder sister stand before the stove, younger sister still reading

7 elder sister turned around and holding a cup went toward her sister (dynamic lens to follow the trajectories of girl)
8 younger sister took over glass from her sister (shooting from the head)
9 close-up of younger sister’s drinking
10 younger sister got up and left the room, her sister look at her then bow her head & smile

11 close-up of cup (behind the cup is virtual lens of elder sister’s smiling)
12 close-up of elder sister’s smiling

Scene 2

Location: bedroom & Corridor

Performers: elder sister (Jolly) younger sister: lacie

Camera: Peng

Lighting: natural light

Sounds: music (played by piano)

1 close-up of elder sister’s foot, she is moving towards a door (shooting from the ground)

2 she opened the door then walked into the bedroom & open the light

3 she went towards bed, her sister slept at bed then she pushed her

4 pushed a suitcase into the bedroom

5 elder sister pulled up her younger sister up (dynamic lens)

6 filmed from a full-length mirror, elder sister put her into the suitcase and locking

7 she pushed the suitcase, close up of foot

8 she pushed the suitcase, close up of face

9 she push the suitcase from room to corridor then turned into closet (camera from head)

10 opened the closet then put it into it

Scene 3

Location: bedroom & living room & bathroom

Performers: elder sister (Jolly)

Camera: Peng

Lighting: natural light plus blue & grey

Sounds: music

For this part, coz I will cut it without timeline order, so there are all fragments.

1 Elder sister sat in a chair and rotated, close up of her face

2 She is grinding nails (dynamic lenses)

3 She is watching a book

4 She is smearing mascara

5 She is drinking a cup of wine

6 She is smearing lipstick

7 She is smoking in the bathroom

Scene 4

Location: bedroom & bathroom

Performers: elder sister (Jolly) younger sister (lacie)

Camera: Peng

Lighting: natural light plus blue & grey

Sounds: silent & audio effects

1 elder sister slept in the bed then opened her eyes, and see her sister (focus on eyes)

2 younger sister stand beside the bed and watched her

3 elder sister suddenly woke up

4 she turned around but no one stand there

5 she washed her face in the bathroom

6 she looked up and her sister stand behind her

7 she looked up but no one stand there

During the process of filming I am very grateful to thank jolly and peng for helping my final project, because we have been shooting continued until 1:00 am. For the camera peng is very exhausting, because I often asked him to repeat the shot, and often asked him to do multi-angle shooting. Here are very grateful for their support.

The Process of filming, chapter 1

The part of the memories of two sisters in the film:
In 15^th August, we came to the Swan Lake Park, Coventry and take the first time to filming the outdoor scene. During the process I used natural light, & I designed the following scenes to shoot:
1An actress’s hair is flying. Headrest with the two girls.
2 the elder sister walk in front of her sister, and the younger one to pull her sister’s hand
3 sitting on the benches, two sisters are eating candy gloss (hand holding candy gloss and look to the sky)
4 the younger sister is clinging to her sister from behind
5 two sisters lying on the ground & look to the sky (the empty sky, cloud rotating lens)
6 sitting on the park benches, long lens

In the actual process of the filming, we not only completed the original plan of these lenses, but also increased the number of new lenses. Newly added are: two girls are playing seesaw; one girl takes on a headset to another one, along with listening to music, doves flying overhead from them … In reality, the process of filming can always find some unexpected images to the video and brought some surprises. There are some pics from our works: