first shoot

First Shoot Evaluation

From our first shoot we realized a lot of problems with our shots and this was a big awakening for us. For example we had no shots that were usable for our actual final opening sequence and it was seen as a waste of time. However this was actually a good learning curve for us as we realized a lot of faults and things we need to change/do better next time.

For example we had terrible lighting and didn't realize this. It was extremely low key lighting and we couldn't see much of the scenery or what was actually happening.

Furthermore the lighting being like this made all of our scenes worthless and not usable which was a shame, because if it wasn't for this then  we would of been able to maybe use some of the shots.

We also realized that we had to make sure everything was set with our location. For example on our first shoot day Lauren's house was very busy and therefore other things were happening in the house which the microphone on the camera picked up. Consequently we now know that we need a completely free house for our shooting days to be successful.

We also tried to experiment with POV shots, however this was harder than we thought it would be and cause us to have a lot of un-still and off balanced shots. Furthermore a few of our other shots were off balance due to a bad tripod. Therefore we now know that we need to make sure all our equipment is okay before as well as practicing POV shots more.

As well as this a lot of our group kept laughing and not staying focused and this was hard as the film we need it to be completely silent and everything to happen perfectly otherwise it can ruin the entire piece. We now know that we can't laugh and make noise on camera because sometimes we might not be able to edit it out.

Evaluation

From our first shoot i feel that now we can progress, obviously as a new group of people being put together we weren't as focused as we should of been. As none of us has had any proper training with camera and tripods we found that none of our shots were good enough to be put into our two minute opening. Because of this we will have to re film, we also faced other problems such as lighting. When we was shooting it was light outside so we tried covering up the windows with sheets, this then made it two dark to film. Now we have done one session we are all more focused and determined to get our opening done, we know how we can improve from this and make our work better.