Date: 8th of December
Members of the group present: Hannah Martin and Jasmine Greene
Our aim for this filming session was to capture some shots of Hannah appearing to have a breakdown in the bathroom. We chose this location as we wanted to use the mirror in order to create some interesting shots, with dimension and depth to them.
Only Hannah and I were able to film on this occasion, as we decided to do it very last minute. It was not an issue to us, as it was only a very short filming session, as Hannah and I were scheduled to spend the evening studying prior to arranging to do this.
We encountered an issue with showing Hannah's emotion effectively on the camera. We attempted to create the effect that Hannah was crying, by her administering eye drops. We found that you could not see the fake tears on camera, so we had to brainstorm a way to demonstrate the emotion more clearly. As a result, we then applied heavy coats of mascara to her eyelashes that Hannah attempted to smudge with the liquid from the eye drops, to give the effect that her make-up was running. However, we found this to be ineffective, too. The make-up smudged too much and did not give the desired effect. Hannah and I decided that we would not focus on showing emotion through tears, and she removed the make-up. We decided that she would solely use her body language and facial expressions to portray her emotional breakdown. Our attempts can be seen in the video below:
In the bathroom location, we did encounter another problem; the lighting. Though the lighting appeared to be ok, the nature of the colour of the lighting meant that it was difficult for the camera to focus correctly. You can hear me telling Hannah about the difficulties that I was having focusing the camera, and trying to make sure the footage was not grainy:
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