evaluation of shoot day.

 

When I woke up on the day of the shoot I was quite well rested. I didn’t really have time to think about what I was going to be wearing so I just put a tracksuit on, I focused more on the props and things I needed for the shoot. I took the costume for Freya: a white oversized shirt, black skinny jeans and a pearl necklace. I also gave her my Calvin Kline black boots. I felt a bit stressed when I got to the editing suit at 8:50 which was the time we were all supposed to meet and only Freya was there. Shortly after us Amy came, this meant that Pandora and Georgie were still missing and neither of them were picking up their phone. So I had to run back to house and go get them from their room. Luckily they were awake and almost ready, they just though that we started filming at 9:30. When I got back from the main house everyone was finally there. Freya and Georgie finished getting changed and ready and we were ready to start. We went down into the studio to get the equipment and loaded it into the bus. We took all the camera equipment, tripod, extra lighting and microphone. 

The first location we filmed at was a train station by Gomshall. It was very quite. And had no people walking around which was good, because that meant we wouldn’t be distracted by anyone blocking the shots. We didn’t film on the platforms for safety reasons and also incase of the police showed up. 

Because the station is property of the national railways. 

The train station had different levels thanks to which we were able to get more interesting shots from different positions. We used the bridge, the stairs, then the car park and behind the fence. 

The train station helped us show that we are located in the country side and that it’s an slightly more isolated area.

Then we filmed a lot of shots within the car. While driving up to Hurtwood’s main boarding house. Which was our final location we filmed at. Even though there were people walking around the property and builders were working close to us in the theatre. 

My main roles on the shoot day were directed and camera man. I provided props and costume for the shoot and made sure the actors knew what to bring and that they knew what they were doing at all times. 

We all took turns filming shots and managing sound. 

I think my organization and ability to take control was particularly strong and helped us have a good flow while filming and also we didn’t have any major set backs nor confusions.

I personally think the whole shoot day was very smooth and especially at the train station we were able to film at very interesting angles which. Also our actors really suited the roles and were very professional and took it very seriously. 

The only issue on our shoot day was that we had to wait for the driver with a rented Mercedes. This only took only like 30 minutes and then everything went very smoothly till the end.

The only thing we were missing in the shoot was more shots of Ezra, but we decided to change our style of editing at the end so it wasn’t really relevant anyways.

I really enjoined organizing the actors and filming at the train station, because the levels we filmed at were more interesting. 

The part I’m most excited to see is when Ezra meets Georgie for the first time. Because that the key moment of the sequence. 

I personally think that our team work quite well. But one of our “crew members” was not too confident and didn’t speak up or voice  her opinions too much. 

In my A2 filming coursework I would really try to come up with an interesting idea and focus on more details... including props and costume.

Overall I was very happy with the shoot day. And I think the outcome will be a success.