We were very organised and on time, we planned to all meet at 8:40 and start to pack up the van ready to go to Cornhill and got there promptly. Once we got to Cornhill we farmiliarised our selfs with the area and planned where everything would go in terms of set design which we took our time with as it was a key part to the sequence. We then started filming all of the shots trying out different angles and variations to give us lots of options when editing. One of our actors susie then turned up after we shot the ones of the set which did not include the actors. We filmed her shots and the ones with her and mike also including the police woman and firenics in the background as extras. Once we filmed all of the shots we intended to do we had some extra time so filmed some POV shots from inside the house to add extra detail and suspicion to the plot. We then packed up and cleared up the rubbish we had and went back to school.
Overall I think that the whole shoot went well. We were all on time and prompt and also had all of the props, costumes and equiptment we needed ready to go and did not forget anything. We also finished early as I have said previously due to our ready-ness and lack of faffing around meaning we could do some extra shots and really think about what we wanted to do and how we would go about it. We also all helped each other out taking turns with filming, directing and setting up/taking down the set.
The main issue which arose was that 2 days before our shoot Dave who was due to play one of the police men and firrensic tested positive for covid so we had to improvise and used Tiggy and Grace as no one else was free so they played the small extra parts as background characters. This was fairly easy and did not cause too much stress as they were not in too many shots which did not include too much acting so was easily fixable.
If we were to do anything differently I think we could have had a backup actor for Dave for the exact reason why what happened. Meaning we would not have to use our selfs in the shoot and would mean we would have had no stress as there was someone always we could use incase.
The new technical skills I learned was to always roll the camera before the action starts and always keep it rolling after the action cuts to make sure we have not cut it when the action is still happening. I also learned to keep an eye on keeping the continuity of it all for example some of the props which were on the floor moved due to being blown away in the wind so had to put those back into place before rolling. I did not learn any new technical languagage but got to use and practice the terminoligy I have learned previously.
The skills we learned during the camera workshops were very helpful as it meant we were pretty confident using the camera and handling it safely and knew how to get the angles/shots we wanted already.
The equipment we used included: camera, tripod and LED light strips to film our sequence.
I really enjoyed the whole day but my favroite part was filming the close ups of the crime scene and finding the best angles to do them in and also setting up the crime scene as i had alot of creative freedom and could experiment in what would work best. I am very happy with the footage as i think we got everything we wanted and more. The great acting from the cast also really added to this and made our job a lot easier as did not have to do too many re-takes.
I have learned from this that being organised and working as a team is the best and easiest way to work making sure to check every one is happy with what we are doing in terms of costume, shots and if anyone wants to re take a scene or try a different way of filming it we will.
If we were to do it again i think i would have made it slightly more of a detailed sequence with more going on but also adding to the detail of the crime scene and finding a better substitute police car as this would really have made our sequence look professional and realistic.
The thing I am most exited for in editing is watching it all come together and making the shots look effortlessly continous and finally seeing the overall product after planning it for such a long time and a lot of hard work.
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