Today was the first day of filming was probably the day of the least filming to do. However, it was still important as it would get the process of filming underway. Today filming took place purely in one location and required for me to shoot some establishing shots for the exterior of the hospital where the content of my teaser trailer will take place. The location for the filming of the exterior of the hospital was a building of posh flats which was converted form a mental institution. The basis of my filming was just getting some long shots and extreme long shots of the exterior of the building. Luckily for me the weather was stormy and the sky was filled with light and dark greys giving me the perfect natural light to capture shots of the building to create that mystery, eerie feel to my teaser trailer.
The filming of these shots did not take long at all and i was not able to film anything else because I didn't have the resources or actors on hand, due to me thinking it was going to take longer. As I had more time on my hands I asked the security guards for permission to go inside and film the interior just to have some extra footage to work with to vary the shots and expansion of my teaser trailer. Unfortunately, I was not able to get access inside the facility due to security reasons and was only limited to sticking with footage from the exterior.
One limitation of today's filming was that i wasn't able to obtain a tripod so the footage I got looked a little shaky, but I believe I will be able to alter this when editing the footage together and it should hinder my work too much.
Day 1 of filming ended in what i set out to achieve but I was set back from achieving more due to lack of resources and accessibility to facilities. I am hoping that Day 2 of filming allows me to get more done than just what I've got planned , but more in order to get 110% out of the time allocated for each filming date.
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