After the awful attempt to begin filming, we as agroup got our act together and decided that onFriday 19th November; we would spend the day filming for our short film. However, because we all had the same lesson first period, we all waiteduntil ten o’ clock to being shooting. So after confirming it was OK to go out shooting for the day, then signing out, we got into Dave Waters car and set off for our first day shooting.
As we began driving to location, we decided what our primary and secondary objectives were to be for the day. Our primary objectives were to film shots of the country side for our opening title sequence. Our secondary objectives were to film parts of the film in which we could edit into the film. The main area of shooting would be in the Billericay country side roads (facing the fields) to represent the every slowly regressing psyche of the main character. The effectiveness of the shots use whilst we were in motion creates the effect of a journey within the mind of the main character.
The most difficult part to shoot was the running in the mad scene. Due to the presence of the fog, it created a really nice effect of me disappearing into the distance. However, due to the wet morning conditions, the soil in which i had to run on was shift and difficult to run on. But after checking the footage out, it turned out to be worth the collateral damage, even though mud got everywhere.
The strengths of our first day made the footage look more towards the genre of which we wanted to create. The fact that we chose to film whilst the atmosphere was foggy gave an ominous feel to the video, as well create an amazing illusion when the main character runs into the distance. As well as this, the amount of footage we caught exceeded the amount which we may actually need for the scene we plan to create. Because of this, we have a large variety of choice when it comes to what can go in and out of the title sequence.
The weaknesses of this day, however, did make the day a little less productive as it could have been. For example, we did spend a lot of time driving around looking for locations because we hadn’t pre-planned the set location we planned to use. Also, half way through the day, we began to lack motivation for the task at hand, so we went to Dave Waters’ house in Billericay and began to distract ourselves by filming pointless footage and watching it back on the camera whilst. This not only wasted what little time we had that day to film, but it also crippled us in the sense that we could have used the time more productively (such as organise what we would do on another day of filming).
Overall, our first day of filming turned out differently than i personally had expected it to be. The shots we got were genuinely better than I had expected, but I feel a lot more could have been done to improve our future plans for this project. However, the next day shall further improve the project and get the grade we deserve as a group.
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