AS Media - Filming Evaluation

The Brief:
- To evaluate the time that we spent filming for out final piece

Prep:

Our preparation for filming was positive as we organised a shooting script which clearly stated what time we were supposed to meet and what we were supposed to bring equipment wise. We were able to equally share responsibility between the four of us, as we all had a relatively equal amount of equipment to bring and be responsible for. We fortunately all brought the correct equipment, props and costumes and had no problems arise due to this.

Meeting Time

We arranged our meeting time on our shooting script and all but one of us was on time due to traffic issues, this hindered the timings slightly as we were a bit late getting to the location although we did manage to finish filming that day partially due to the absent change in weather that day meaning that the lighting and setting looked very very similar throughout the entirety of the day.

Availability

We set a date that everyone was free and chose a location that is public and gives lenient guidelines about filming so that we were able to actually film in the area we wanted to film in. This eventually hindered filming due to the people around the area because we managed to chose a day on which a primary school carol service was taking place in a church nearby meaning that we couldnt do some of the scenes we wanted to do earlier because the children were there and we did not want to intimidate them with a knife or illegally film them without consent.

Time Management

As previously mentioned all but one of us were on time which did shift the time frames that we anticipated and hindered the time we arrived at the location to film however we acknowledged this and were more efficient with our shots managing to do many shots in the time we had before it began to rain. This again shifted all the time frames back and enabled us time to discuss what shots we had left and how much time we needed to film them in. However against all odds we still managed the time frames that we had changed and got everything completed.

Achieved?

Yes. We managed to do what we set out to do and complete our filming in one day. We got all the shots that we wanted and even more than we needed so that we have a plethora of footage to select from and create the best piece possible with that footage.

Timings

We got our timings near perfect per shot however we were hindered by rain, eventually went to film again and luckily the lighting didn't change making us able to stick with the original times just set back a bit further in the day.

If I did it again would I do it differently?

Yes I would because we didn't think about weather factors which cam to our detriment as it started raining mid way through filming. Also I would like to go into the day knowing what shots we were doing and when in more specifics because we never really mapped out which shots to film when and even when we did it was because we were forced in by rain and still wasn't as clear as it possibly should have been.