Atherfield Shooting

Below is all of the filming that we did at Atherfield, including all of the dialogue of us directing the actors, and any shots which we feel didn't work out.



This was the first bit of shooting that we did in Atherfield Bay. The idea was that we would be able to see Bella running across the room, in apparent search of Henry. First off you can see her running across the hatch quite a way away from the hatch that we are behind, but you can hear us then direct her closer so that we can only see her torso. Up next is a shot of Henry walking through a door way. Personally this is one of my favourite shots of the whole set, because I think the wind works really well billowing through his cape, making it look even more eerie than the location does. The rest of the shots are shot around some of the abandoned chalets, with Bella on a hunt for Henry. The first of the chalet shots wasn't used because because you could see that Bella started to laugh after she had kicked the door in. The second shot is the one we will probably continue to use for the rest of the trailers. We then tried the same action from different angles, which I personally don't like as much as the previous shot. We were really lucky with the wind this day because in many of the shots we had the capes of the both of the main characters billowing around creating a very dramatic effect. Tayler had the idea of shooting from inside one of the chalets of Bella bursting in, which originally I was a bit scared about doing (hence why I'm outside!). The first attempt of this worked quite well, but unfortunatley you can see me outside. The next shot outside Bella just stays still in the door way which leads to the door coming back and hitting her, so we thought of an alternative which would be to continue walking through the door and into the toilets, creating more of a searching effect. However, this time we followed her with the camera, which didn't work quite as well. A couple of shots down the line Tayler had another idea of Henry being stood in one of the doorways outside so you could just catch a glimpse of him creeping up on Bella. We took this same shot a couple of times because the zoom on my camera kept playing up, and we found it hard to keep it still. We also did some shots without zooming in to see Henry, so it made it even more subtle that he was hiding there. We took some panning shots of the buildings opposite as I am planning to attempt to make the buildings explode on After Effects. Then we took some shots of Bella just kicking in some doors as we are planning on making a montage of all the shots of her kicking them in to create a more searching effect. Our last burst of inspiration was to have Henry already inside the building when Bella kicked down the door and saw him inside. This is an over the shoulder shot so it incudes different angles that we haven't included before in our trailer. Some of the lighting in this scene is a little dark at some points which we may have to edit on After Effects if we want to use these particular shots.