Last Filming Day

To film the last part of our film opening we went down to our local train station. This filming day was much more stressful as to ensure we get all the shots we want we also had to get on a train, but the train we needed to get on onlt gave us 40 minutes to film everything we needed to. This was a good thing as it made us much more efficient. We also used two cameras again so two people could film different angles and different shot types at the same time. We also didn't want our protagonist's face to be revealed until she's at the office to add mystery, so this was another obstacle we had to watch out for.

We filmed; two establishing shots of the train station, Samantha walking to the station, buying her ticket, walking through the ticket barrier, walking to the platform, getting on the train and her on the train.

For the first establishing shot, we filmed over the bridge; in the frame you can see the station itself and a train on the tracks going under the tunnel. The second, was of a fast train going past, we used a mid shot and stood close to the edge of the platform.

We used a tracking shot following behind Samantha walking towards the station and the second camera used a wide-shot of her walking towards it. We had to retake this shot a few times to ensure Samantha's face wasn't in shot. This camera then panned to show her buying a ticket at the ticket machine. At the machine, we used a zoomed in tilt up, starting from her shoes and stopping at her hand which is using the machine. A zoomed in over the shoulder shot shoes her selecting a ticket to London Marylebone.  We then use a close up shot of Samantha's hand getting the ticket out of the machine.

When Samantha walks through the barrier we used both cameras, one of us filmed her putting the ticket in from behind and I was filming a mid shot from the other side of the barrier and follow her until the stairs in which I stop walking and film her walking down them. The other camera then waited and filmed her from behind coming down the second flight of stairs. I then had to rush down the stairs to the bottom where we filmed a close up of Samantha's shoes walking down the last few steps.

It was very difficult to film Samantha actually getting on the train because someone needed to get on the train and film her getting on and I had to film her getting on but from behind and then get on the train too! Was very stressful but we managed to get the shots we wanted.

On the train we filmed her flicking through a magazine and we saw the opportunity to use an over the shoulder shot.

Overall the day was very stressful but the small time frame allowed us to get the shots we wanted.

Here is the second rough cut of our film opening: