We filmed in Rebecca's house today in order to set the scene of the character Eve's broken home. We used black eyeshadow and mascara for her eyes, and used water to spray on her face in order for the make-up to run and to make her look upset. Red and blue eyeshadow was also used to create a swollen look around her eyes, so to emphasise her crying.
We took a high angled medium-long shot of Eve crying on the stairs in order to convey the sadness and lonliness she feels; being an outsider in her own family. Problems we found with this part of the filming was with the focus on the camera - using deep focus on Eve in the background, and soft focus for the banisters in the foreground. We avoided this problem by changing the area we filmed from, to the top of the stairs, giving a clearer and more central view of Eve crying on the stairs.
We also filmed a long shot of Eve in her room quickly packing some clothes to show her haste in running away. We used a low angled long shot of her running down stairs and a long shot of her exiting the house to emphasise her leaving. We also filmed a long shot of the front of the house with Eve's Dad shouting for her to come back to show the agressive nature of her Father.
Given the location we were filming in today, we decided to take advantage and shoot other clips that we intend to go in our trailer; when Eve is suffering from the effects of the drugs. We took medium shots of her lying motionless in the bath with the black eye make-up on to show her crying. Her face and hair were sprayed with water to give the feel that she really was in the bath.
The only problem we had with filming Eve in the bath was our idea for her to go under the water. However, with the actress being fully clothed and there being no water in the bath, it was difficult to get a smooth motion of her doing so. This problem was also avoided by our decision not to include this clip in our trailer.
