Production

On the day of shooting our opening sequence, we used different technologies to achieve our finishing product:

• Black Magic Camera

This camera was good to use for a number of reasons. Firstly the quality of the camera is very high, meaning the lens was able to capture the low lighting as we filmed our scene in a basement with very dark, minimal lighting. If we used a cheaper/ lower quality camera, the depth of field would probably not be captures as well as it was. Because we shot in a long corridor, the cameras quality was able to capture it all and allow us to see both characters clearly. Another reason this camera was good to use is because it is digital it was easy to move around. The basement which we filmed in was limited in space and cramped, meaning if we used another camera such a film one it would of been difficult to move around and would of been heavy. The black magic was very easy to transport, quick to set up and close down and was very simple to use. ​

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• Microphone

The microphone we used was a directional microphone on a boom poll which we pointed at the direction of sound. This was good because it allowed you to get closer to where the sound was coming from. This was effective  because it picked up on detailed sound. We connected this to the camera using a cable during the

filming process so the digetic sound was  synched for the editing process.  

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• Soft box lighting kit and red head lighting with coloured gels​​

On the day of production, the school electrician turned the power out in 

the basement for us which meant we had to light the place up oursevles.

We mainly used lights on the floor tilting upwards and put coloured gels

over the top. We matched the coloured gels to the atmosphere of we

were trying to create for the scene. For example, at the very start of the 

scene, we used a red coloured gel to set the tone of a dangerous, scary 

place. We used the red head lighting with a blue gel to shine light into a window in the basement. We did this just to get a bit of light shining through the basement as it was so dark. 

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• Iphone torch light 

Although we already had the other lights, our location was very dark, so

in some shots we needed that extra little bit of light. The torches from our

phones were perfect to use because they are small and therefore easy to 

move around and hold. We were able to direct the light just where we 

wanted it and the torch also has a setting to adjust its brightness which 

allowed us to get the perfect lighting for our shots. 

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