The document describes the filming process for a short film. It discusses using water to simulate tears for an actor and having to film quickly. It also describes holding a camera steady without a tripod and holding one's breath to prevent shaking. Different lighting setups are shown, including using an artificial light that someone else held, and setting up a tripod. The final part discusses improvising with an iPhone after the camera battery died and having actors change costumes.

1. FILMING DAYS
Megan Ferry Media AS

2. Whilst on set, I decided to document
some of the processes we used in
order to create the film. These have
been taken to show some of the
behind-the-scenes preparation and set
up, alongside the people we had on
set and what job roles each of them
had.
This first image shows me placing
water onto one of the actors faces to
simulate the visual of tears. This had to
be done quite quickly and we had to
shoot almost immediately after.

3. The image here shows the distance between
myself and the actor whilst I filmed the scene
of her crying. Most of the footage shot at this
location was filmed on a handheld camera
without a tripod. Therefore, I had to sit down
on the sofa and stay focused so that the
footage was as still as possible. I held my
breath whilst filming a majority of these clips
in order to further remove the risk of
shaking.

4. This next image depicts the filming set up
that we used for the next location. There
was less light here and so, we had to use an
artificial light. I was in charge of controlling
the camera and therefore, I couldn’t
simultaniously control the light and the
camera. We recruited another person to
hold the light, but I still controlled where we
placed it and how bright we set it. For this
section of filming, I used a tripod because
there was enough space to use one and the
shot required a steady frame.

5. This was the set-up we used to film the portion of the
opening in the hallway. We set the camera up on a tripod in
order to install some stability in the footage we shot. By
loosening the rotation, I was able to manoeuvre the camera
smoothly to create a professional looking tracking shot. For
the other shots here, I tightened the tripod and shot the
footage without moving the camera.
Additionally, for each shot I zoomed in on the subject
matter and tightened the focus to give each shot more
depth and detail.

6. For the footage we shot between the inside and outside
locations, we had to introduce a light. This was because there
weren’t any other sources of artificial light or natural light. The
clarity and quality of the shots began to decline before doing
so and therefore, we had to alter the lighting using the studio
light. To get a very specific position for the light, we had an
assistant hold the top section of the light where appropriate.
We ensured that the assistant held the light still so that the
shot seemed more natural. Additionally, this prevented
unwanted shadows from forming on the actors faces. Perhaps
an additional light placed on the exterior of the house would
have illuminated the shot, making it appear clearer and more
detailed.

7. In the final part of the filming that we did at
this location, I intended to film on the same
camera, however the battery run out and
the spare that we’d planned to bring had
been left at someone's house. Therefore we
had to improvise by filming with my IPhone
7. The camera quality was almost as good
and so we proceeded to film.
In addition we got the actors to change into
different costumes as the shots were
supposed to be past tense.