Lights, Cameras, Action!
Today was the day we finally went out filming for our opening sequence, and it's fair to say we had a few dilemma's along the way but luckily we managed to overcome them and everything went okay.
The girl who was supposed to be playing 'Amber' had to cancel last minute, as did a few of our extras but luckily we were able to find someone to replace our main character and the group stepped in as extras instead. Because of this we went straight from Worlebury woods to sandbay which saved us some time.
It took quite a long time to get to our first location but once we got there we were quite professional in setting up and getting the shots we needed, as well as more just in case. We tried to make sure we got a good variety of shots (close ups, long shots, etc) which would make our sequence more interesting.
Then we went to our beach location at Sandbay and started to set up. One problem we encountered was trying to build a decent fire. We managed to get one started eventually but it took up a large amount of time and we had to rush part of filming that scene to make sure we had everything. On this part of our sequence we were probably less well planned than for the woods scene, and I don't think we filmed as much as we could have because the camera battery has run out near the end so we didn't have a chance to film more. Hopefully we have enough to make the sequence, if not we'll have to think about filming that part again.
One thing that really went well with our filming was our planning in the woods scene, we got a lot of shots and worked really well with each other, taking turns filming and each helping to get decent shots and putting forward last minute ideas.
Beforehand we were all really prepared and brought with us everything that we needed to bring on the day, and all of us stuck to a time limit fairly well at the beginning of the shoot.
However one thing we could improve on the next time we go out on a shoot is to plan a little bit more, just so we plan for extra time in case we run a little bit behind, and to make sure that we know everything we're meant to shoot and stick to that plan.
To improve for next time we could also give a little bit more direction to our actors so we can get them to do exactly what we need them to and they're not left guessing at points (this was more the case in the beach scene than the woods).
Overall I think it was a good shoot, we only encountered a few problems but managed to overcome them fairly easily. We got a lot of footage for parts of our sequence, although next time we need to plan a little bit more and try to keep our focus going throughout the day.
Our next step is editing to create a rough cut and in that stage we'll be able to see if any of our footage needs to be redone.
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