So last month I officially released The Girl in the Café into the wilds of the Internet...well, mainly YouTube. It’s been getting a lot of great feedback! So for my next few blogs I thought I’d better use my current film knowledge and go into a bit more detail over a few of my favourite shots from the film.
This shot is very early in the film and I wanted a shot which had the three main characters together and I wanted it to pop out over the screen. Having a red background helped contrast the colours in the shot. I got the cast to wear clothes which would fit the colour scheme of the café, which is why the colour is evenly balanced in the shot. While developing the story I originally had two more people in this scene who were both friends with Cathy. If I did have more people then I would’ve made a more technical dolly shot, but with a reduced number of characters in the scene I decided a static medium shot was best.
This shot was filmed quite later on in the filming process when I was using minimal extras. My good friend Owen Brooks offered to help me in any way he could with the filming of The Girl in the Café. It’s only a small role but I asked him if he fancied being a barista for a scene and he jumped at the part. The beginning of the scene has the café in darkness which leads on from the previous scene. I thought this transition would help ease the audience into the next scene rather quickly, and as I was also trying to keep the story at a steady pace I only needed certain shots, and I like this shot for that reason. Luckily, it was a simple shot to do, at a decent angle in the room to cover the whole café.
They’re the only shots being discussed today, but stay tuned to next week’s blog where I will discuss a few more. If you enjoyed learning more about the making of my films then please check out our website for more details.
Thank you for reading today’s blog!
Alex Murray, the Head of Eyesight Productions
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