Filming Evaluation

We all met at the location planned on Monday the 21st December at 12.00pm. We ensured that we had everything we needed for to film our film opening, including the camera, tripod, black boots, black coat, black trousers, dagger, phone, fake blood and the top covered in blood.

What went well?:
I think that out choice of location was successful as it was open and outside so we could film at different times in order to get different lighting effects. We chose to film between 12-2 as we thought the lighting would be darker than in the morning but not too dark that nothing can be seen on the footage, this chosen time also allowed us to film in lighting that looked eerie and creepy and helped to set the scene for our film opening. The location was also successful as it was close to one our of houses and so we could access the woods easily whenever we wanted.

I think that we followed our storyboard very well when filming by ensuring that we included the variety of different shots that we wanted to use to make out film opening effective. By using the range of different camera angles and shots we were able to make sure that our film opening was interesting and that the suspense built up throughout until the end. However, we did change some parts of our storyboard towards the end of the opening scene by adding in some different camera angles and shots that we hadn't planned to, to help built tension as it got towards the end.

What went wrong?:
When we first arrived at the filming location we had slight trouble getting the camera to work correctly. We had to test filming in the location a few times before it began to work properly. We also had trouble finding the correct settings on the camera in order to ensure that the footage wasn't too dark and that everything could be easily seen when watched back.

Once the camera was set up we found that the uneven floor and the outside location made the filming a little tricky as the wind made the filming shaky and the floor made it wonky. This meant that the quality of our footage wasn't as good as it could've been first time and so we had to shoot each frame multiple times in order to ensure it was as best as it could be. We also found that the use of an outdoor location made the filming trickier than expected because of the un reliable weather conditions, the cold and rain meant that the camera and equipment was getting wet and that we were all struggling to carry out the tasks because of the conditions.