1. Production diary and what shots I used.
October 16th
2018 –I went to Dan Parkes’ houseand we filmed the firstscene
for my movie, it was the scene in whereDan’s character (Pasquale) is called to
a meeting by his boss (Angelo), it took us a few attempts for each scene as it
was justus two so we had to technically be our own cameramen as there was
nobody else, it would’vebeen easier if there was a third but we managed to
get the scene done.
On this date we intended to get our firstscene recorded, wewere successfulin
getting the scene we needed to a standard wewere happy with. We used a
camera and a tripod. We filmed establishing shot (introducing my character),
tracking shot and a two shot.
However, wefilmed this beforewe got given the film task so that is why
there’s a big gap in when the clips wererecorded, originally I recorded this just
for practice but I liked the clip that much I used it for my film.
January 15th
2019 –this is where I got the bulk of my film recorded, I recorded
every single clip at the college but in different areas, also using a camera and a
tripod (however I used differentcameras and tripods for each shooting
session)
For the scene in whereI get a phone call from another gangster, I did a
‘sequence’ shot, where it cuts from my character on the phone, to the other,
we went back and forth.
For the scene in whereI meet with the rivalmafia boss, I decided to use a
medium long shot to make sureall the other mobsters werein the scene
showing how outnumbered in terms of power my character was. Weused a
camera and tripod, to stabilize the camera.
In the scene where I rang Dan Parkes’ character, I used a bustshot, as me and
his character were having a conversation but I decided against doing another
sequence shotlike I did before.
In the scene where Dan discovers my betrayal, I use a medium long shotas not
cutting off at the knees is important, becauseDan’s character stands up after
news of my betrayal hits.
2. Finally, I usea two shot(well three shotin this case) for the scene in wherea
henchman of mine grabs Dan so he can’tescape, and then I say my final words
to him.
All these scenes took a few attempts to film as something happened in each
clip, forgotten lines, bursting out laughing randomly, going too quick ecetera.
