Life on Mars filming experience

Life on Mars filming experience

I was mainly used throughout filming to mark off what shots had been completed and was also used as the girl in red throughout a shot of the recreation. Rachel was the camerawoman, getting all of the shots.  Harriet played the protagonist, also inputting her views on the shot order to prevent us missing any shots.

I found playing the woman in red attire difficult as the group found it hard to find a flat area to film on, despite finding a flat area, it was difficult to run fast as I was continuously stung by nettles when running.  The group generally discussed the shots as we filmed them in order to ensure we missed the least amount of material as possible, this also made it easy to share ideas about how to complete the next shot.

I helped to input what I thought about the lighting in some segments and also had to view the extract of life on Mars multiple times during the long shot at the end, where the protagonist is spinning, in order to get the pacing right. This was a particularly difficult segment of filming and took multiple attempts to get right, due to many interruptions on the part of others walking through the filming area. We also had to redo the shot due to difficulty in getting a smooth transition from a low angle to a mid-angle shot.   found it particularly hard to get out of the shot in the 360 spin segment as I had to walk around at the same pace as Rachel, whilst avoiding the edge of the stairs.