25/05/2017 - Installation Production Diary

On this day we finished the second half of filming in the studio. This scene was to be the main image of the installation, as it depicts a birds eye view of Jay laying in bed asleep, looking over the memories of his life which we will edit on top of the bed sheets. The large studio was set up with a spotlight above the bed and the lights were turned off so that the only thing you could visibly see was Jay and the bed. We filmed him initially still for one minute or so then we asked him to act more visibly in distress in bed as the memories progress into his adult/elder life. We did two or three takes of this just so we could cut the length or use a different take depending on which ones looked best. We felt that the first take would probably come out best and then we were able to get on with the editing. I'm happy with how the shots came out, especially with the spotlight above the bed working so well to light up just the bed and not the floor around it.