Marcus and I travelled to St George's Church Cemetery in Esher, Surrey to film the grave yard scene for our film trailer. The shots we had to film included an establishing shot of the grave yard visibly showing the church in the background and head stone creating a sinister, dark and negative feel to the trailer as well as an extreme close up shot of Marcus (who plays Aaron, Sydney's brother). The extreme close up shot of Aaron (looking at Sydney's grave stone) would convey a strong sense of sadness, vulnerability and bereavement creating an emotional yet questionable atmosphere. This questionable atmosphere being created would attract and address audiences to come and view them film as they would be wondering why Aarons sister died and whether he played a role in her death.
1. A planning, close up shot of Marcus sitting on a bench in the cemetery highlighting his vulnerability, isolation and loneliness in the empty cemetery.
2. A one person, tracking shot of Marcus opening the cemetery gate and walking towards his sister, Sydney's grave, taking off his leather jacket and placing it on the grave.
3. A point of view shot of Marcus opening the gate of the cemetery, walking through the grave yard (with his trainers visible in the camera shot) showing the head stone of grave as well as him placing his leather jacket onto the grave stone.
4. A panoramic, panning shot of the grave yard showing the church and grave stone visibly in the background.
Below is a video of Marcus completing a point of view shot (number 3 in the list above).
Below is a video of Marcus entering the grave yard - this is an example of how a scene we filmed would have looked like.
Above is a video I took on my way to the church cemetery on my iPhone.
Marcus and I both decided that it would be appropriate to experiment with different camera angles and shots, going against the shot list, however we both thought it would be useful to have a variety of different camera angles and shots when we come to edit the footage just in case some shots were out of focus and we could use some of the new shots instead. Camera angles and shots we also filmed included: 1. A planning, close up shot of Marcus sitting on a bench in the cemetery highlighting his vulnerability, isolation and loneliness in the empty cemetery.
2. A one person, tracking shot of Marcus opening the cemetery gate and walking towards his sister, Sydney's grave, taking off his leather jacket and placing it on the grave.
3. A point of view shot of Marcus opening the gate of the cemetery, walking through the grave yard (with his trainers visible in the camera shot) showing the head stone of grave as well as him placing his leather jacket onto the grave stone.
4. A panoramic, panning shot of the grave yard showing the church and grave stone visibly in the background.
Below is a video of Marcus completing a point of view shot (number 3 in the list above).
Below is a video of Marcus entering the grave yard - this is an example of how a scene we filmed would have looked like.
Below is a video of a shot I filmed on the camera - I recorded this on my iPhone.
Below is a collage of a selection of photos I took whilst filming. I made this collage on PicMonkey; PicMonkey is a really useful tool as it allows me to make quickly eye catching collages of photos in original, colourful formats. 
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