Production 02 : Contextual Approach

Rizal and David argues 

Filming location : Nabila's house, SS14

This scene is where David and Rizal argues about Nabila. As usual, Kim was incharge of filming. For our first few takes, we decided to film a neutral shot *Eye-level shot*. This shot is when the camera is level or looking straight on with the subject... *Refer to image below *

However, after taking much into consideration. We decided that this is not a suitable angle to film. In my opinion, I think that angle is a bit too cliche.I feel that neutral shots has little to no psychological effect on the viewer. I also think that the background is too busy and viewers may tend to lose their focus on the main subject of the scene. Kim suggested that we take close up shots as It focuses more onto Rizal and David's expression during the arguing scene. We tried to incorporate a scene from the a Noir film called "Kiss of Death" (1947).

DESIGN REFERENCE

http://hillblocksview.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-have-kiss-of-death-and-i-will-use-it.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kiss_of_Death_trailer_scrennshot_%2810%29.jpg

In the end, we decided to try a technique called " over the shoulder shot " or " third-person shot ". It is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle  from the shoulder of another person. The reason why we decided to choose this technique is mainly because filming over an actor's shoulder focuses the audience's attention on one actor at a time in a conversation, rather than on both. 

We took quite long filming this as there were many talking parts in this scene. It was really difficult as the script wasn't easy to memorize. We were under so much of pressure trying to finish up this scene.There were times where we ended up laughing and making jokes to entertain and keep ourselves awake.hahaha XP.

BEHIND THE SCENES :D

 Kim in action! :)

sitting on the road like a boss XP

Flashback scene

Filming location : a park at SS14

This scene is where David has flashback memories of when Kim was explaining to him about the job that his father left for him. We went to the park just right behind Nabila's house which we think was suitable for the scene.Well, nothing beats the scenery of mother nature..with all the greens surround us :). Many people think that Noir films are mostly filmed during the night..but I personally think It's not necessary.Having natural light from the Sun also gives out a nice lighting effect.We couldn't really decide on which angle was the most suitable..therefore..we just experimented with all sorts of angles for this scene.During the filming at the park, there were loads of distractions that we had to overcome!.. kids...dogs barking..birds chirping..goshhh. ..our patience level was really tested at that moment. Despite all the distractions, we still managed to finish filming the flashback scene..yayy! :) 

BEHIND THE SCENES

SHOOTING AT DIFFERENT ANGLES

 

Production 01 - Report

For our first day of filming,we decided to do some of the night scenes..Choosing a location was really a tricky task for us, but we finally settled in with Nabila's housing area at SS14. Our filming started at 9pm and ended at approximately 2am.Well, It actually ended around 3 something..but I had to leave early as my dad was already waiting to send me home.Many appologies to my team mates for filming 2 extra scenes without my assistance :(.. I really wanted to stay longer but I didn't want to make my dad wait for me..hmmm..that's what you get for not owning a car of your own..pffft..

While filming takes place, Kim and David would take turns to be the videographer.On the other hand, I would mainly incharge of taking photographic evidence for our report. As for lighting, me and Kim would take turns to be incharge while Nabila would direct us throughout the film making process.

To be honest, our filming is not progressing smoothly at all. Our teamwork is great but the thing is that we easily get distracted by other stuffs and lose focus on our filming. A LOT of filming time was wasted due to our lack of discipline..*sighhh*. There were at times where we got really determined to film, but ocassionally, we tend to slack off a little. I don't blame anyone for this as I myself did the same. However, we managed to work together as a team and motivated each other into finishing our film. Punctuality/timing was another issue. I don't want to be elaborating much on this..

My main contribution to this film is basically lighting and also being their photographer. I didn't mind taking up this part because I really enjoy photography :). As for the lighting part, I got really lost at first and didn't know what to do. Thank god for my lovely team mates who assisted/guided me throughout this process. I also played a very minor acting part in the film. I'm personally not really good at acting so I think It was a really really really really good choice to not have me in a lot of acting scenes..I prefer to be "behind the scenes" all the time XD.haha..Anyways, as for the narrative..I still have doubts about our cult...I don't think It's as strong as the other groups cult..but It's kinda too late to regret at this moment. I should have voiced out about it but..haih...Besides, I thought our film will be more on the action stuffs like for example ; killing,murder scenes and also investigations..You know..like those typical Noir Films..However,we're going for a totally different approach to this.We are focusing more on the friendship of our cult leader. I'm not sure if what we're doing is right..but I'll just have to trust my team members with this...I just hope that everything turns out alright in the end and will receive positive comments during our film screening *prays*.