Preliminary Filming 2- Film Trailer

Due to the fact that all of my preliminary filming had been done in daytime and my proper film will all be shot in the dark, I decided to do some more Preliminary filming at night so that I would be better prepared on the night of filming. I used the opportunity of when one of my friends was at my house to film him whilst he was playing the game that I will be using in the film. I didn't use any of the face paint that I will be using in the real film because the main purpose was just for me to test out the lighting and shot types. 

Whilst filming this I learnt the most about lighting. Firstly I tried filming with the lights off completely, but then I realised that this meant the camera couldn't really see anything. I then tried using the torch on my phone, however this made the scene too bright and obvious that there was an unnatural light source directed at the protagonist. After experimenting for a while, I found that the best solution to this (although quite unconventional) was to wrap as tissue around my phone as this reduced the brightness of the torch, and yet still made it a lot easier too see what was happening in the shot. Before I shoot my film I am going to try and find a way to attach my phone to the camera, as when I shot this I was holding the camera with one hand and the phone with the other, which made my shots a lot more shaky.  



After completing the trailer I showed it to some of my class mates so that I could get some good feedback which I could use to improve my final film. The main good points about the film were: Soundtrack, camera shake effects, parallel editing and the cliffhanger at the end before the text appears. I was pleased with this feedback as all of the parts that they liked were things I had thought about carefully whilst filming and editing. The only thing that they said could of been better was the lighting as in some places it looked quite dark and grainy. This was partly because I made it too dark in the editing process, as I was trying to make it as dark as possible whilst still being able to see what is going on. Overall I am happy with this trailer and making it has definitely made me more prepared for making my actual film, as I leant more about both the filming and editing processes.