Filming Fail

I decided that I needed an establishing shot for my film to give the audience a sense of location and to tell the audience a little bit about Lia's lifestyle and give them an indication of why she doesn't fit in. I thought that a vertical pan down from the starry night sky to 'her bedroom window' would be an appropriate establishing shot as the stars would give a subtle indication of what was to come and the view of Lia's house would show what kind of environment she has been forced to live in. I used a window on the side of my house instead of the window that my brother shone the lights through because I didn't want to reveal the balcony as I think that the audience would immediately click as to how I incorporated the flashing lights into the scene. I shot from a field adjacent to my house to try and get the vertical pan that I was aiming for. It was a beautiful starry night and there were no clouds what so ever. It was perfect and it was freezing. I wrapped up warm and braved the cold only to fail in my endevours. The camera couldn't pick up the stars so what was meant to be the starry night sky was a dark blue grainy mess. I was not happy....

This failure means that I am going to come up with another idea for my establishing shot but itf all else fails, I will just have to start the film with my original idea.