Shoot Evaluation

Overall, shooting our production went really well. We started by filming the bar scene in one of our friends pub, although we did encounter a few problems. For instance, the lighting in the pub was too dark to start out with, but we overcame this minor problem by using the disco lights, which also gave the feel that the two girls in the frame were on a night out and it added a bit of life to a once boring shot. We also had the problem of background noise, as there were other people in the pub whilst we were filming so we could hear their conversations and the noise of the television. We over came this problem by deciding to play Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline' as a diegetic sound track, as if it was actually playing at the time.

 During the second shoot, we went to Holly's house to film the part of the girl running down the railway track, the fall, and the scenes of a mysterious figure with an axe. As it was night time by this point, we faced the problem of there not being enough lighting, so we had to use our own artificial lighting by using head torches, which was quite inconvenient and difficult as it was hard to make it look like natural lighting and not too staged, but after many attempts we managed to overcome this problem. We also faced the problem of how to film the tracking shots without any of the proper equipment, and we needed to do this for the shot in the barn, where the camera blurs out and then focuses on the axe. After a number of different efforts, we came up with the idea to attach the camera to the tripod, place it in a wheelbarrow, and slowly but carefully move it in the direction we needed. It took a few tries, but we eventually managed to get a smooth shot that we were able to use in the production.

 Another problem that we encountered throughout the filming of our production is conflict within the group, because obviously we all had our individual ideas of how things should/needed to be done. After listening to eachothers ideas opinions, we managed to compromise and take each other's opinions into account to avoid any falling out.

 Availability was also a re-occuring issue within our group as we found it difficult to agree on a set time when we were all able to meet to film the production, due to illness, holidays and other commitment, so this really limited the time period that we had to film. Due to this, we were left with only three days to film our production, so in reality we were lucky that it all came together like it did.