Filming Update

Filming update

Throughout this film production process, we have found that we have underestimated the difficulties of filming as we haven't done nearly enough planning! We spent around 3 hours outside in the freezing cold filming our opening scene, however to our dismay we discovered it all needed to be redone due to the amateur feel we presented through the camera. Although it was disappointing and a huge waste of time, not to mention the significant drop in morale, we were able to benefit and learn from our mistakes. The number one rule we learnt is, do not zoom. We found that in nearly every take we had incorporated some form of zooming technique rather than moving around and filming from different angles. We also found that we hadn't really used many different types of shot, so for next time we set out with the aim to use as many different filming techniques and camera angles as we could. 

The second time round we were much more pleased with our result. We spent less time outside as we had planned it more and knew what we were doing which made it a slightly more enjoyable process. We also filmed everything at least twice which gave us options, and filmed from many more different angles. When editing this, we found that it was very helpful to have more than one take on the same shot as in enabled us to use the best option possible, rather than using something because we had to. The only difficulty that we found we had was the amount of time. Due to our other commitments, we have found we have very little free time to film, which is not helped by the lack of light hours in the day. We found towards the end of our filming we had to speed things up as it was getting dark very quickly. Although we just about managed it, we noticed it is slightly lighter at the beginning of the scene than the end. Luckily, we have been able to incorporate this into our plot, as we have decided that we will set the time our protagonist goes on her run at dusk, allowing it to become dark without looking strange. Having decided this, it means we will have only a small time period in which we can film in so we need to make sure we keep this in mind and plan prior to our allotted filming time so we can get going straight away without wasting any time. Despite the disappointed at first, we are more hopeful that our opening two minutes will be successful and look forward to the rest of our filming.