Main Shoot Reflections

What went well:

• We avoided the issues we had on the test shoot, for example we covered the windows with bin bags to block out sunlight.
• We worked much more efficiently as we already knew how to get the shots and were familiar with the equipment.
• We got all of our shots, all of which are usable.
• For the most part we were in a controlled environment so keeping continuity was easier.

Issues:

• The lights made the small room extremely hot
• When shooting outside the mic picked up the wind
• We have some continuity issues as we used two different cameras, this can be fixed in grading.

Setting up the lights

Shooting outside on location

Clapperboard

Overall

The group believed that this was our best shoot so far and we thought that we achieved the style that we set out for.
However, we felt that some of the shot in there were not the best they could be, for example some of the dolly shots were too not smooth enough, and the outdoor shots were too loud due to the harsh wind blowing on the microphone.
As a result of this we decided to have one more shoot to perfect some of the shots, we would keep the rest of the footage that was useable and grade them to fit in.