The Day of Filming - Narrative

One week after filming at the Church I filmed the narrative shots in my house using the actors described in earlier posts. I wanted to film my little bother an sister first due to the fact they will become more and more tired throughout the afternoon/evening. However, when filming it did not work out exactly like this. The children were not in their pyjamas until 7pm so I made a start on filming my dad. 

First I set up the lights in the kitchen and directed my dad to lean again the fridge and drink, we then filmed his pouring the drink that he had just drank. 

When filming his cry I wanted to film an over the shoulder shot so the audience could see the photographs he was looking at. Then, with a low angle shot we can see his reaction and facial expressions.

Directing the children was incredibly difficult as they did't always listen. For example, originally, the young boy was going to spill the drink (and then get shouted at) but when being shouted at he wouldn't stop laughing. Therefore I used my little sister instead who was also more likely to make the cup accident appear more realistic.

I took numerous other shots such as close ups of the letter being written, the children fighting (and their father breaking it up), and the father crying.

For each shot I had to change the lighting to create the desired effect. In addition, I am glad I did a few of rehearsals before the day of filming to help move things along on the day of filming: