The document provides an evaluation of the filmmaking process for a short film. It discusses three main lessons learned: 1) the importance of scheduling and timing, as actors were unavailable on scheduled days; 2) choosing appropriate locations, such as moving scenes closer to bushes to block wind noise; and 3) managing expectations, as the final film was longer than initially estimated despite having a detailed storyboard and shotlist. It also reflects on addressing challenges like windy conditions, traffic noise, and camera malfunctions through problem-solving techniques during production.

1. Evaluation
The three main things I have learnt about filming is the location, the schedule and the
timing. The reason why I chose these three aspects is because the schedule was important
for the first scene and it went as planned and everyone was present but the second and
final part of our short film, the Silhouette Man wasn’t able to make it on the day so we
changed it to the Tuesday of the following week but he didn’t turn up so we decided to use
a different actor and that succeeded. Timing was also very off because we planned to shoot
the second part of our film on a Friday at 11a.m. but people didn’t show up at that time
including myself, caused by traffic. The actors were all on time but the actual crew had
trouble making it on time.
The location was a good location apart from the wind so we decided to move the scene
closer towards the bushes because it was way more efficient for us and it blocked out most
of the sounds from the traffic but the day we filmed the second and third scenes, it was a
very windy day hence why some of the dialogue had to be removed when I was editing and
since it was a sad scene I muted the sound to make the atmosphere more sympathizing and
it worked out well when I had finished editing.
Our storyboardcoveredthe full 5minuteseventhoughthe durationof ourfilmwasonly03:22. Our
filmwasn’tevenplannedtobe close to5 minutes,we estimatedthatwe wouldhave about20/21
shotsin ourfilmandthe durationwouldbe about2 minutesbutthe resultcame up to 3 minutes.
Our shotlisthad legitinformationwhichcoveredall of the shotsthatwe were planningtouse from
the beginningtothe end, we evenputhow longwe were goingtoshootthat particularshotfor. The
shotlistwas innumerical order,we labelledthe shots fromthe start of the filmto the endof the
film.
The onlyproblemwe hadwithour Recce was that we didn’tknow how the windwasgoingto be like
on that day,on the day that a memberof our groupwentoutto lookat the locationthe results
showedthatthe windwascalm and the backgroundnoise fromtrafficandothernoisesweren’t a
problembutwhathe should’ve done ishe could’verecordedthe noisesonhisphone sothere was
evidence.
Our actors had rehearsedtheirlineswhenwe were filmingandeven before we startedfilming,
abouta weekbefore we startedfilming. Some of the linesof the antagonistwere improvised
because she hadmany linesinthe script.
We were goingtofilmona Saturday butwe were givena camerathat wasn’tfunctioningproperly
and we couldn’tfilmsothatis twodayswhere we couldn’tfilmbecause of timingandbecause of
the camera. But to improve we couldcheckthatthe camera wasworkingso thatwe don’tgo and
waste our time tryingtofix a malfunctioningcamera.
The timingforthe meetupswithourcrew andthe actors were onlyaccurate whenwe finisheda
lessonandwe endeduponfilmingontwoTuesdays,one weekafterthe other.Thisdaywasa really
goodday to shootbecause we all had finishedthe dayforcollege andwe couldall justmeetupat
the locationtogetherandthat wouldmake everythingmucheasierforeveryone,howeverthe
backgroundnoiseswere aproblemwhenitcame toeditingsoinmy editIdecidedtomute a specific
scene because itmade the atmosphere more empathizingandall youcouldhearwas the police
sirensandtrafficwhichwere alsoinsertedfromFinal Cut.

2. In termsof the group,we were reallygoodatsolvingproblems,forexamplewhentherewastoo
much trafficourassistantcameraman:Clifford wenttothe side of the road andwhenthe trafficwas
clearedandthe windwas calm,he gave me a thumbsup thenI gave Liamthe Cameramana thumbs
up and he wouldcue the actors by wavinghishand.Alsowhenwe shotthe Silhouette Man’sscene
we usedthe bushestoportray hisdark characteristics.We alsowantedthe atmosphere tofeel
uncomfortable andcreepyinasense.
Alsowhenthe windwasstrongwe moved towardsthe bushesasthe busheswouldshieldthe wind
fromus and the soundqualitywouldbe much better,alsowhenwe were shootingthe Silhouette
Man’s scene;scene 2,we couldhearmuch more of the dialogue fromthe peoplewhowere talking.