The cafeteria scene was quite a short scene with two portals however, we took a while to finish filming. The purpose of this scene is to convey to the audience that Justin is eating (time passes), he then gets up then feels the urge to go to the bathroom. A unique filming method that I though we could use to convey the passing of time and that the is eating, is to simply place the camera in a central location directly in front of Justin. I will then have him eat slowly and every now and then I would place extra plates of food or cups in front of him. I would do this a few times until he gets up, leaving a pile of empty cups and plates. The effect that I tried to achieve is the "fade in and out" effect. This works by cutting out the areas that I am in the shot placing the cups and plates and fading the shots. After doing so, it will appear that Justin has eaten a lot which is accounted for in the fading techniques which depicts the passing of time. This can be seen in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa-5rRFBQJ4 between 3:12 and 3:26. I think that this method was very effective because I was able to successfully convey the passing of time as well as the fact that he has eaten a lot during this period. If I had done this differently by having actual time passing, this would be effective in the sense that the audience will see him eating but will be boring and unnecessary.
The second scene that we did was the auditorium scene. This was a tricky scene to shoot mainly because there were so many portals in a central location. The unique difficulty of doing portal in a single location is that the last second in the first shot has to match the first second in the second shot. Everything has to be the same. If there is something different, the audience will be able to tell that a portal has just occurred and will make the portal
less realistic. Because portals don't really exist, as film makers we have to deceive the audience into thinking that they are. After all, seeing is believing. The way we countered this problem is to take special care in positioning the camera. As the camera person, this was my job. I positioned the camera perfectly making sure that it directly parallel with the stage and that the shot captured the entire stage. I then left the camera rolling while we directed the actors. Especially because this was all shot in one location, we had to have a variety of entrances and exits. With out much planning, this was done on the spot, however, we were very content with the outcome. The actors Justin and Henry performed very well!Having finished filming we spent the rest of the time importing our footage on to the computer. We had nearly 45 minutes of raw footage. This was a good time to reflect on what we had done. We were all very happy at finally finishing filming. Looking back at what we filmed today, I was very satisfied with how well our auditorium scene turn out. Quite honestly, the auditorium was an ideal spot for filming portals. This is because it was indoor and the lighting was entirely constant throughout the shots. By doing portals in the auditorium, we could fully manipulate our set rather than us adapting for our location.
Today really exercised my ability to apply my "knowledge" of portals and filming to unfamiliar situations. This is most clearly expressed in my capacity to use my "fade in and out" effective, which I knew in theory but haven't attempted before. Today all so tested my ability to be a "risk taker " and to be "open minded" to the suggestions of others. Through team work and taking responsibility for our parts, we have finished filming and are now ready to start the post production process.
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