Filming: communication discussion

Today out team got together and discussed where we found we were going wrong, because upon looking back on the past couple of weeks, we haven’t really got much to show for it, showing us that there was an underlying problem we needed to sort out.

Upon openly discussing it with the group, we came to the conclusion that the main problem is communication. For example, one day where two of the group were not in school, the other member decided to still film some shots. However one of the group members that weren’t in school was still able to do the filming but needed to know where to go. However the group member filming on their own didn’t have their phone so didn’t reply until the end of the shoot.

We decided this is what our major issue was so we came to the conclusion that when I comes to filming, all team members are to have their phones on them, and we use the teams group chat to generally discuss things like where to meet and at what time.

So with communication sorted out we are hoping that this means out filming is general a lot more successful in he coming weeks and we stand a chance of meeting the deadlines we are presented with.

Filming: Shots 21 - 30

Today Georgia and I began to shoot the last part of the opening sequence, being the part where the female antagonist wakes up in an unknown location, which was a shed in the garden.

The filming was generally successful with the majority of shots being taken. We followed the storyboard by taking a vide variety of shots, ranging from long shots to close-ups.

However one of the problems we did come across was that the actress wasn’t wearing the exact clothes we planned, for example instead of pale blue jeans, they were grey. This hasn’t proposed too much of a problem as the costume was still following the innocent mise en scene we were hoping to create. One major problem this could potentially have caused could have been that it may have ruined the continuity of the film giving it less of a professional finish. However luckily this was the first scenes that we shot involving the actress, so we could simply ensure that the actress wears the same costume in the earlier scenes of the opening we will come to shoot in the coming days.

So overall the shoot was successful, however we may need to go back and re-shoot some of the last shots due to it being slightly rushed and may not have been what we were hoping for.

Filming: Actress change

Actress change

In the past few weeks we decided as a group to choose a different actress for the opening. This was down to many reasons, but mainly the reason was that the actor lives a lot closer to the filming location, which will mean that we will be facing a lot less problems on the day of filming.

This comes after on a day we were scheduled to film, we weren’t able to because the original actress wasn’t able to get to the location due to transportation. So we began looking into other possible actresses for out film and we found a female who easily fits the innocent girly mise on scene we were hoping to create, and lives very close.

This will hopefully mean that on the days of filming we should not face any issues with the actress getting to the location.

Filming: Shots 1-3

The very start of our opening for our film involves various establishing shots before any actors enter. When two members of the group weren’t able to make the shoot, the remaining member still chose to film the parts that could be filmed. The shots that were filmed came out to be very successful as it was the ideal shots that we wanted.

However one issue we may face in the coming future could be continuity.

This is an issue as the next few shots involving the actors is shot in the same location, so if the weather and the time of day isn’t identical, it will be obvious as the beginning is only a matter of seconds.

This could mean that when we come to shooting the shots involving the actors, we reshoot the establishing shots, so the location, lighting, weather etc. is identical reducing any potential continuity problems.