Filming

To film our Teen angst we had to use various equipment to make it possible. The first thing we had to use was a HD video recorder. This allowed us to film each scene to a good quality We had to learn how to use the cameras, by playing and pausing in between scenes, zooming in to adjust our framing and how to watch we'd just filmed so we could make any immediate changes or adaptions. We used many filming techniques that we had learnt from other teen angst films during research such as; we used many of the same camera angles as Wild Child, like long shots and birds-eye view.


We began by filming all the scenes in school, this took about 2 hours of filming, and re-filming if we felt it could have been better, we then had to book the cameras and take them out of school in our own time to film all the scenes at home. We filmed in two different locations. When filming we had to use many different shots,levels and angles. We also had to take into account good framing and start thinking about where we wanted to add our titles in. We filmed the same scenes more than once from different angles so we could decide in editing which looked more effective. As this took so long by the time we were finishing filming it was dark outside and this meant our lighting appeared very dark so we already knew that was something we'd have to improve during the editing process. From watching other teen angsts films such as Wild Child and LOL, all of them have very high key lighting, mostly to connote the positive mood, so we wanted to incorporate that in our own film as we believed it was very effective.

We also needed a tripod to make sure our filming was steady and not shaky. The tripod meant our filming was better quality and appear more professional. It allowed us to adjust the height, angle and distance so achieve the best possible shots, to create a better film.

Another piece of equipment we used during filming was a dolly. This is a tripod on wheels. It allowed us to film and walk without the camera shaking. This meant we could do tracking shots and add better angles and shots to our film, whilst it was still smooth shot.