Persona

Week fours’ filming was to recreate a part of a scene from the film 1966 film persona. For this filming we need two female actors to recreate the piece, so Sophie and I took the role of acting however we spoke the dialogue in English as neither I nor Sophie speaks Swedish. We were sent the clip of footage a few days before we were due to film so we were able to look closely at the acting, camera angle, lighting and sound. I tried to focus on the acting and how the character behaves within the scene. However in practice it was a lot harder to film, as the original film is in black and white. Although we filmed it in colour first and then in editing changed the colour it was hard to get rid of unwanted shadow in the room due to the light in the room. Within the film I also helped with some of the directing between actor and camera as the director Dan worked closely with the cinematographer. I felt I contributed well and worked hard for the three hours of filming and I felt I needed to prove myself to the group as I was away in week three so I was glad I could take on two roles and perform them to a high enough standard for the group to be pleased with. I thought overall this was a well done project which we all worked well in as a group, even though it was a long day of filming and we had to overcome some difficulties with light positions and camera angles. I was very pleased with this project and felt more confident as a group after this piece.