Shoot Day 2 - 29/10/14 - Harry's House

The second shoot day was at Harry's house, again focusing on acquiring footage to use for narrative; both positive and negative relationship shots were key in providing a story for our video.

Some of our shoot board for shoot day 2 at Harry's house

                               
A location recce of Harry's taken before we came  gave a us a good idea what the setting was like as well as its lighting, before we actually shot there. We could get a rough idea where to set up the lighting kits and what issues could potentially occur.

We knew which shots we would obtain more so than in the previous shoot but again planned loosely for time, meeting at mid day and shooting until the evening. This left us the flexibility to see what worked best in terms of angles, composition, and shot distances.

Me giving direction on the kitchen shots

Since almost every shot from this day included both Yssy and Harry acting, Josh and I had more of a role in directing and lighting the shots. However, due to the rotatable monitor screen on the HF G30 camera, Yssy and Harry could see what shots looked like. This enabled them to provide valuable input in composition and lighting. 

Harry checking lighting quality and framing

We shot the fire poi later in the day once it had gotten dark so that the fire compelling lit the shot and contrasted with the lack of light from other sources. Olivia being the subject on camera, Harry and Yssy took much of the footage we recorded of her. Essentially, everybody was able to contribute to everything in different amounts but we all took a healthy responsibility in engaging with this shoot day.