Production: Filming of Stolen Goods

Filming dates: 31st March - 2nd April

The Cast:

Aje - played by Lulia Togara from CCP
Ronke - played by Candy Young from Facebook
Friend - played by Jas Chattha from Facebook

The Crew:

Cameraman - Elliott Tebbs
Grip- Me and Bhakti Mistry from Visual Communication course

Day 1

The location for the whole shoot was in the lecture theatre at Leeds College of Art. I was able to find help on the day after a Grip member dropped out. I used set up the lights and props for the set. The first day went well, the actors got on well with each other and I was able to get the shots I needed. The only complication was working around the actors' schedule because one had to arrive later than the start time and I could not wait long so while I waited, I filmed the scenes that they weren't needed and at the end of the next day I re-shot the scenes with them. This did not end up going over the scheduled time and on a positive note it gave me more options in the editing room.

Day 2

I re-did some shots from Day 1 because on this day I was able to have all three actors from the scheduled start time. The set stayed the same for the shoot as most scenes took place there.

Day 3

This day was a short filming day because I only had one scene to prepare for. I decided to create a bathroom on the back of the boards I used, but my mirror broke even after using adhesive hooks. I went and quickly got permission to film in one of the toilets in college, and I was able to get the shot I needed. I think the bathroom scene came out a lot better even though it did not go with the theme of a minimalistic look, it still worked well.

Set Up Bathroom

Overall, when complications such as time, equipment and other factors affected the shoot I was able to think of quick solutions which I was happy about.
If I had the choice of shooting on a minimalistic set I would do it again because I enjoyed having a built set and it allowed me to focus on the lighting. However I would have had more props on the set even though I researched into different types of theatre sets, I think having more props would have given the actors more to work with. Elliott was a great cameraman who gave some advice on set when needed and I was able to get the shots I wanted.