Megan Edwards: A2 Media : Production Update

See last post: 'Shooting Schedule' - Jimmy is introduced to Blake.

I was originally going to complete these scenes on Friday however due revision after school and commitments later on I was unable to do both therefore I decided to do the scene where Jimmy is introduced to Blake (highlighted). This was because the other scene involves outside and by the time we were ready to shoot it was very dark outside. The other scene will be completed next Sunday (7^th December) as this will be the next time I will see Michael as he lives in Accrington.

This scene was done in my sister’s bedroom as she has a corner and a flat wall connected which was what I needed to show Jimmy (Oliver) curled up in a ball and Blake’s (Michael) shadow.

There were many problems that I had to overcome when doing this scene.

Problem	How I resolved this problem
The lighting – I began by using a torch light but no matter where I positioned it the light was big enough to fit the shadow in (see picture 2)	I repeatedly moved the torch around the room to see whether I could position it right but I was unsuccessful. I then decided to use an iPhone torch as this lighting was much brighter and reflected much more therefore I could Oliver’s small shadow and Michaels shadow was clearly shown.
The camera (1) – I began by using the camera I have used for every scene so far but due to the lighting the camera would not focus and therefore not take the picture. When I researched whether I could overcome this problem I found that the camera has to have an object to clearly focus on when the flash is not in use and due to faded shadows there was nothing that the camera could focus on.	To overcome this problem I attempted to use ‘manual focus’ but due to little experience I could not get the image to be clear and of a good quality therefore I used a different camera (see problem 3). (see picture 3)
The camera (2) – another problem I faced with the same camera I used for every other scene was that I could not fir the whole setting and shadows into the image.	I began by trying to change the auto to ‘landscape’ to see whether that would make a difference but that meant I had to have the flash on. When the flash was on it would show all the setting and not the shadows. (see picture 1) I then decided to change the camera to a digital one (Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30). This camera enabled me to turn the flash off and also fit in the aspects of the scene I wanted to.