Filming Day One

Before filming began it was important to survey the location that was my friend’s cellar. This allowed me to find the angles and features of the room that were not suitable representations of my narrative and would cause problems during filming; an example of this was the window. Another feature that was important was securing the rope and testing it to make sure that it was the safe. The same needed to be done for the person tied to the chair. All pieces of rope used quick release knots in the sections that had to be tied, so they would break under pressure. Knots were only tied in the necessary places. The rest of the rope was just tucked in or sat on so there was no tension in it and the actors could control it. The aim for the first day of filming was to achieve the majority of camera shots planned and to cover all of the dialogue. This was undertaken in order to have consistent light and positions of the camera and the actors. It also meant that it portrayed important pieces that needed to be reshot due to a variety of factors; such as background noise, not being framed correctly and faults in the delivery of lines.  In order to assist the actors of the piece, the lines were read aloud before and they had to read them, due to the time constraints when learning a script.