Filming

I worked in a group of four people with 2 cameras for filming. We had 2 actors who we had to dress up appropriately so that they fit their roles, and as we filmed we referred back to our storyboard and script to make sure we were doing what we had planned.

For shots that didn't involve tracking, we used the tripod in order to make sure the camera stayed still and was not shakey.

Here is a photo of one of the cameras we used (both of the cameras we used were the same to ensure that the quality stays continuous throughout)

Most of the time whilst filming, two of us would work on filming one part whilst the other two people filmed another part that didn't interfere with what was already being filmed. This was in order to make sure that our usage of time was dealt with efficiently in order to get the most filmed possible. We also made sure we refilmed shots to make sure we'd have a wide selection of the same shot to choose from when in post production.

Some issues we faced whilst filming was having to change the shots from how we had originally planned on the storyboard. This was so the shots fit the surroundings and still abided by the 180 degree rule. Another issue we had was lighting- due to the lights in the room sometimes the characters were too bright due to being directly under the lights. This is something we only realised after having filmed, but we did not have time to refilm it as getting the same people would've been difficult.

Overall we found the filming part of the pleminary task a good experience as it made us think more about how filming requires a lot of thought with various camera angles and shot types. We had to remember to make sure to include the required shots whilst filming- these being the 180 degree rule, match-on-action shot with someone walking through a door, shot reverse shot, a character sitting down at a table and two characters exchanging dialogue.