Beginning of production

     This was the time I was building myself up for, the filming stage of my production. I have established that I am aiming to make a production that is to the highest standards and quality possible. Because of this, I decided to do an initial test run of my idea. The point of this was to record everything to prove that the idea worked, a majority of these clips will likely not make it to the final production as they were not made with that intention. As I went through the paces, I took mental notes on what worked right of the bat, and what I can fix on my next attempt, which will be made with the intention of being the footage used in the final product. 

    Like I previously mentioned, this proved to be a very insightful and learning experience. If I did not use this moment to purposely treat it like a test-run, I would have been stressing about factors that I could not have previously factored in. One thing that I think I executed and predicted well was the lighting, I really like how the lighting came out in the first half of the filming of this project, It perfectly represented the feeling and atmosphere I was trying to go for. However, on the second half (filming in the office) I ran into issues with the lighting being too dark in some key moments. To rectify this issue, I will next time bring a flashlight and use more POV shots so that I can have good light in these moments, while still keeping the dark and mysterious atmosphere I am trying to aim for. Below I provide a example of when I think the light worked very well (the video), and an example of when the lighting did not work in my favor (the image).