My short film - location plans (+lighting recees)


Because my film is all shot outside, where there are a lot trees in one place, and cars in the other, I need to make sure I record lots of ambient sound for each different area of the setting, so the recordings can be edited in the right way to make the sound flow evenly from area to area as I film the girls walking up the lane.


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The girls start walking up this stretch of the lane









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The girls stop at the signposts













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The girls start walking up the narrower lane (not the lane where they film)
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Transition shots. THE CAR WILL BE REMOVED. At one point in the film, Sally walks out from the right of the shot (there is a driveway there)


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 (Driveway in which Dylan walks out of when April films her - not included in reshoot)


 

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 (Inside the courtyard. Umbrella, football, bush and maybe barbecue will be removed - not included in reshoot)
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(Shoes will be removed. Inside the house when Dylan is looking for April and Sally - not included in reshoot)  
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Having reshot my film, the last four shots have not been included in the reshoot. My alternative ending is more effective, because it leaves more to the imagination of the audience. 

 No artificial light was used, just high key natural light, emphasising how normal the girls initially film as they start filming their film using very basic film equipment. The natural light implies the simple, innocent aesthetic of my film, or at least the beginning of my film.









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