Firstly, we wanted to refilm the close ups of each of us, where we say the lines "What's that?" and "I don't know", as the natural daylight was too dark and it seemed impossible to incorporate such low levels of light. After realising that it was possible to make the shots appear darker in the editing stage without actually filming them in dark, we proceeded to film in the evening, even though the sun had set, as we could still make the lighting darker on the final production. Having finished refilming these two shots, we started filming the reaction shots as I walk away, and although it did begin to rain heavily, the sound didn't really affect the dialogue, and in someways emphasised a pathetic fallacy.
We set to work on the notoriously tricky tracking and running shots. We used a flycam to help assist us in making the shots less jerky and the movements more fluid. It took a couple of attempts for us to get used to manouvering the flycam, however, after a while, it proved easier and more effective to use it rather than try and steady the camera on the tripod. Having said that, we did use the tripod for long shots and extreme long shots, in order to give a variety to our shots. The shot that Megan filmed (the medium/close up tracking of me weaving in and out of the trees) benefitted the most from the steadycam/flycam, as the terrain was quite bumpy and the fact that both myself and Megan were both running, increased the potentially shaky filming.
The shots I found most difficult to film were the final shots of Megan in the river, as the natural day light was too dark, so we used the night vision option on the camera itself. This turned out to be quite effective in the final editing stage. However, at long range the camera became blurry, so most of our shots had to be from, at a maximum, a medium shot, which was not what we had originally planned. However, it still worked out effectively.
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