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- 2. Location: Conservatory/kitchen Date: 29/11/15 Time:9:30am During the production stage, we began filming the shots within our first location, this being shots 1-24, featuring within the conservatory/kitchen. During this stage my personal contribution was mainly that of a director. Due to my knowledge of the shot list (as it had been written by myself), it seemed that I was most suited to this task, in collaboration with my fellow team members Grace (also taking a producer/director role) and Danielle, (focusing on managing the camera equipment), this worked considerably well. Due to the need for only one actor within this scene, my contribution focused greatly upon guiding the actor through each shot, reminding them of lines and directing their actions throughout the piece. During some of the later scenes, I also contributed to filming, mostly taking charge of the hand-held camera footage or the close ups required of our actor. This was effective in allowing our responsibilities to vary throughout the production process, helping to build up my experience in each element of production. Within this image Danielle is managing the camera equipment and I am directing our actor in preparation for the next shot.
- 3. Location: Conservatory/kitchen Date: 29/11/15 Time:11:30am By the time we had completed all of the shots within this location the time was 11:30. This proved effect in meeting with our planned finishing time and allowed for a small 30 minute break for our production team and actors. However, it was found that not all shots for this location were able to be filmed, this was due to our requirement of a newspaper prop which required an image of our establishing shot for our next location (this being Caddington Woods), therefore, due to this we planned to direct our concentration towards completing the shots for our next location, before continuing any further with our first location. This lead to a deviation of our shooting schedule as we discovered that in order to achieve this we would need to arrange another filming date in order to finish off these scenes. For many of the shots we used Danielle's own camera, which allowed for higher quality footage and focus to be achieved. As well as providing a back-up for the cameras that we already possessed.
- 4. Overall… During ourproduction we found that filming within the conservatory was a considerably easy task. This is because there was a very low level of disturbance and we were able to effectively meet the start and finishing times of our planned shooting schedule. However, we find that we were unable to film some shots due to needing an image for our establishing shot within our second location for the newspaper article that needed to feature within this scene. Therefore this reveals that perhaps we should have arranged our times so that, some of the shots within our second location, Caddington Woods, were filmed first in order to avoid such an issue. In terms of our teamwork, this was exceptional. Our production team was highly efficient in taking on each of their roles. In terms of my own contribution, I mostly acted as a director as well as an assistant camera manager when filming in this location. I believe that I was able to effectively fulfil my role, which was successful due to the great co-operation of both our actors and the team who followed our teams representational wishes, as well as contributed their own ideas, resulting in a brilliantly varied and original piece. As well as a greatly professional, yet friendly atmosphere during filming.
- 5. Location: Caddington Woods Date:29/11/15 Time: 12:00pm By 12:00am we then moved onto travelling and setting up our production team within our second, and more challenging, location (Caddington Woods). It took us approximately 10-15 minutes to travel to our location and around 10 more to set up the equipment. During this stage I mostly played the part of an actor, as did my fellow team member Grace, alongside two of our contributing actors. During this stage Danielle played a dominant role in filming the footage, however, when explaining each scene, I still played the role of a director, helping to guide our actors, as to the actions and expression they should be presenting. During this stage, myself and grace also took part in areas of filming. For example when creating the high angle shot of Grace walking through the woods, I assisted Danielle in holding up the tripod in order to achieve an effect high angle, largely emphasising the characters vulnerability in this moment. Therefore, during such stages in particular, teamwork played a key role in our project's success. Contributing actor, Ellie, also provided a camera, which acted as both a back-up for our equipment as well as a prop within our piece.
- 6. Location: Caddington Woods Date:29/11/15 Time: 2:30pm During filming due to a technical issue, as the cameras we were using had run our of charge, we were required to travel back to my house in order to recharge our equipment. This did result in taking up some of our time, and created a deviation from our original shooting schedule, revealing that within our planning perhaps we should have been more considerate pf the potential issues with our equipment. Never the less, after around 30 minutes we were bale to return top the woods and continue shooting for as long as we were able. However, although we may have been unprepared in this sense, we did make sure to have access to a number of cameras and SD cards, those allowed us to prolong the time it would take before needing to recharge our equipment, as well as ensuring that we didn’t run out of any storage space for our footage. Therefore, this advance in equipment planning allowed us to film for longer, with less technical interruptions. I and Grace discussing the next scene, as well as the placement of the equipment and actors. We both took on the role of director and collaborated well together as a team.
- 7. Location: Caddington Woods Date:29/11/15 Time: 3:15pm As our production progressed it became increasingly apparent that we were going to be unable to complete al 145 shots within a single day. Therefore, after taking a break to discuss this issue (signalled to us by the progression of time as well as our clearly decreasing daylight) we decided that we would need to arrange another day in which we could finish off all remaining footage. Due to our desire to avoid inconveniencing our actors by taking up more of their time we aimed to complete as many shots as possible, this resulted in 70 shots being completed overall. When filming we were able to film all shots which featured our contributing actor; Anastasiya W. This was a well informed decision from our group as this mean that she would not need to attend another session of filming which may have interfered with her other responsibilities. By the time we had filmed all we could there was little remaining daylight. Therefore, we decided to finish filming at 4;00pm and travel back to my home, as my team members departed home for the day.
- 8. Overall… When filmingwithin this location I found that our teamwork again went brilliantly. Everyone within our group remained focused and each of our members varied in the roles they decided to take on. My own contribution during this stage was largely upon acting, directing and filming. As although Danielle was the main team member when it came to filming, sometimes I would assist her, if a shot required more the none person to take, or if there was a scene in which I was no longer needed. Therefore, I believe that my roles varied throughout production, however whilst always pertaining my director role, alongside team member Grace as we worked towards guiding our actors. Our actors were also brilliant, and high co-operative during shooting. Within this location we were able to film up to shot 70 before we were forced to stop, due to the loss in daylight. This was a good accomplishment for the day, however did reveal to our group that a second day of filming would be required in order to complete all remaining footage. This therefore highlights perhaps our over ambitious attitude when creating the shooting schedule, as we had originally planned to complete all filming within a single day. Never the less, this was of no fault of the team, and was merely a result of the time it took us to move around our location, as well as setting up each scene (which required help from most of our team, due to the rather large amount of props that we possessed. Therefore, filming went very smoothly during this stage, and many effective and high quality shots were achieved.