1st day of filming

Today we gathered all the actors we needed in this film at about 10am and after having breakfast together, we started our filming at 11am. The location that we'll be filming will be at my dad's factory which is located at Ubi Ave 3.

So from google map, this is the location.

Emily and I started to set up the cameras and adjusting the settings accordingly. So we have 4 actors with us today, My brother; Jia Li; De Xian and Emily's Dad. My brother would be acting as the main cast, Sam. Jia Li will be acting as Sam's colleague. De Xian and Emily's Dad will be acting as the policemen. We started with the scene whereby Sam is typing on his computer and we are supposed to make it a visual effect shot, showing the transaction complete. We tried out a few shots of my brother before we success. Then we shot the scene of the policemen and colleague entering to find Sam. Initially we met problems such as to get the three actors walking in the same pace and stand in the correct position. After a few tries, we've completed the shot too. Next will be the medium shot of one of the policeman asking Sam to follow them back for further investigation. This scene was rather an easy one and we're done with it quite soon. Next, we shoot the scene of the two policemen getting Sam out of the office and follow them for further investigation. We've panned from left to right when they were walking out and pause at a point to let them exit the frame. Then we shot the scene whereby Sam's colleague will come out and discovered Sam's act. They will start to quarrel about it. For this scene, we've tried different angles using the two cameras that we've loaned to see which one is better too. For the next scene, we'll be shooting Sam stuffing a pile of money to the colleagues and asking her to keep it a secret. We've two cameras shooting one from their medium shot and one focusing only on the hands. Next, we've shoot the scene whereby we will be doing this dolly zoom out of Sam and his colleague then out of the door and the door will close, creating suspense. I think that this is the most difficult shot as we've tried a few times and different angles. For the scene basically Sam and his colleague will freeze there while Emily and her dad will help to push the door close and De Xian will be pulling the trolley that we're using for the dolly zoom out and I will be holding onto the camera. It was a success after a few tries. Lastly, we've shoot the scene whereby a mysterious hand will appear to open the door which will be cut to the policemen and colleague walking in scene. So for today, we've spent about a few hours to finish the whole filming and I find it very fun to work with the crew that we've for today. I'm really thankful for all the actors' help as they are willing to help us during the Chinese new year third day. We'll be reviewing with our lecturers to see on which to improve on. After reviewing, we'll be starting on our post-production such as combining all the scenes together, adding music and designing for the last 5 seconds tagline. That's about it for today!

PEISHAN