The filming process (part 2)

Filming, day 2

Date: 07/02/2017
Time: 15:20 - 16:40
Section filmed: The police station sequence (shots 14, 15, 16 and 17)
Personnel: Matthew (Camera operator/secondary director), Evie (primary director/police officer), Chloe (Anna), James (tracking shot assistant).
Props/costumes required: Box (+contents), Mac/laptop, desk/table, desk chair, T-shirt/trousers, black coat, black shoes.
Equipment needed: Camera, Tripod, Chair (used to create tracking effect).

The second sequence that we were going to film was the police station sequence. For this short sequence, we wanted to find a simple location that we could change to appear smart enough to qualify as a police station. In order to get the setup the scene we did the following:

• Shifted all of the 'soft-seats' so that they were out of the way of the main character and would not have much (if any) presence on camera.
• Created a basic police sign so that people would be able to tell what kind of building it was.

• moved a table down into the initial area that you get to when you walk into the building.
• moved a desk chair for the police woman (Evie) to sit in at her desk.

If we were to film this sequence again, perhaps we could have found a more professional location from which to film, but getting access to such places would not have been particularly easy nor would we have been official enough to request such a thing or build a better looking set.