behind the scenes

This is my behind the scenes for the crime documentary.

Day 1 (22 August 2024)

On this day, Regine decided to capture an establishing shot of the school for the opening scene. I was not present for this, as it was a straightforward shot that did not require additional assistance. (Taken from Beatrice's post)

I was also not present on this as we do not need the full team for the establishing shots

This was our very first take! we took a long time to set up, lighting and angles because we are still getting used to it. However, after awhile we managed to get a short clip for the nurses interview, it was pretty exciting starting out new project. 

Day 2 (23 August 2024)

This was the situation the first time we were shooting, i was the one in the black shirt and my friends were still getting hang of the shooting, and we didn't practice but we immediately.

One of our problems is the lighting and sound, this is as the room is not very sunny and dim in the camera. It was also hard for our cameraman Aurelia to focus the camera, since it was our very first take it takes us longer to get the hang of everything. Regina was our main director as she was the one who directed the angles. Beatrice took pictures for the behind the scenes and I was also the director there beside Devashya who helped us as the clapper.

Originally we had Ms. Laras as our actor but as she was busy teaching an elective, Ms. Permata stood in for her. Despite the sudden change she did excellently anyways and was an amazing actor. She was really nice to work with. The orange text was taken from Aurelia's blog for additional information. 

Day 3 (30 August 2024)

This was our first shot with the investigator Mr Bram, where we tried to do it in the classroom. However, to prevent echoes and for different mise en scene to differentiate the investigator and the student's interview, we decided to switch into the lab classroom.

As it was seen here, the lab classroom is a great mis en scene for the interview as it looks more formal for the investigator. Not only that, it was more suitable for the shot.

At this time, Beatrice couldn't attend as she have after school lessons so we were only group of 3. Regine was helping Mr bram direct while I was the clapper and Aurelia as the cameraman. 

The last picture was taken using timer as it is more clear to take shot of the full room.

Day 4 (02 September 2024)

This was taken from beatrice's blog, as i couldn't attend due to an after school with teachers. However I came at the very last to check up on how they are doing. 

Interview scene with perpetrator's friend, with Devasya as the actor.

Re-enactment scene, with Regine as the actress.

On the fourth day, we filmed the perpetrator's friend's scene. Initially, we attempted to shoot the interview in the classroom, as outlined in the storyboard. However, we faced challenges with the lighting, which was too bright for the uneasy and tense atmosphere we aimed to create, and the sound echoed significantly. We tried to resolve the lighting issue by turning off the lights and relying on natural light from the curtains (one of which was broken), as well as adding flash from our phones. This proved difficult as there were only three of us during filming—Regine, the creative director, guiding the actor’s performance, Aurel as the cameramen, and myself managing the mise-en-scène and taking behind-the-scenes photos. I also had to hold the broken curtain to maintain consistent lighting, which limited my ability to capture production photos.

As a result, we decided to change the filming location to the corridor to see if it would yield better results. Since we filmed during dismissal, there were few distractions. We experimented with various camera angles and movements, such as profile shots, back shots, and zooms. This change proved beneficial, as it allowed us to conceal the phone used as a microphone from the camera’s view. Regine suggested opening the unlocked lockers to visually connote rebellion (representing the act of revenge) and symbolize a chaotic, poorly-managed school environment. We were satisfied with the results, though we will finalize the chosen scenes during the editing process.

Since we had extra time, we decided to film the re-enactment on the same day to stay on schedule. We shot this scene in front of the school’s clinic, as we wanted to depict the student being poisoned after leaving the clinic, making it easier for the audience to understand the narrative and cast suspicion on the nurse. We also filmed inside the clinic, where I acted as the perpetrator, tampering with the medicine. The process was efficient since the actresses were within our team, allowing us to communicate clearly and execute the scene exactly as envisioned.

Day 5 (03 September 2024)

I remember that Mr bram was in a hurry, so we did the shots very quickly. After Mr Bram changed his shirt, we went shooting. However the class we needed to use it in (lab classroom was filled with students, so we decided to use the classroom to make it look like his work place. Another problem occurred is that Mr Bram haven't fully memorized the script, but luckily we managed to get some shots done and he memorized the script in some time, encountering our problem. 

Since Aurelia and Regine are in the same class, they had some free time on PE which they used to film the other students scene for the interview. However Kanaya was sick and she was replaced which we could have waited but the due is very near so we didn't wanna risk it. The issues i know from them while shooting is that since its break time, then its very noisy as there is many people around.