Filming evaluation

After filming our piece, we now have to evaluate the time we spent filming, what we did and what went well/not so well.

Prep

We had good preparation before we'd even met up as we had a shooting script, in which the time we were meeting and the equipment each person was bringing was clearly stated. This meant we could equally share responsibility and work positively together as a group, and everyone brought everything they were meant to so this meant that there were no problems in that aspect.

Meeting time

Our meeting time was specified on our shooting script, and only one of us was late due to heavy traffic. This unfortunately did mean we were slightly late getting to the location, however we managed to film everything we needed to because the weather didn't change all day so the setting and lighting looked the same at 1pm than it did at 10am.

Availability

The date we chose to film was a day where we made sure everyone was free and our location was public and easy to get to, as well as the fact we were actually allowed to film there. However there was a slight issue with this later as there was a primary school carol service on this day, so we couldn't film shots with a knife out or with the children in as this could have been seen as antisocial or dangerous behaviour, so this also made us change our schedule slightly, but thankfully we were able to be flexible with it.

Time management

Because one of us wasn't on time meaning we were slightly off schedule, we did have to shift round the shots and timings of them, but overall we managed to get a lot of shots before we had to go inside due to the rain. This factor of the weather also meant our schedule was slightly off, but when we were inside we discussed what shots we would do next and the order we would do them in so that as soon as it stopped raining we could go back out and finish all of the shots that we needed, which we did manage to do. 

Achieved?

We were able to do what we originally agreed and all set out to do as a group, which was complete our filming in one day. Through teamwork and time management, we got all the shots that we needed and even more than we thought were good on the day to enable us to have extra footage to choose from in case some of our other shots didn't come out right or in case we wanted to change the storyboard. 

Timings

Our time management for the whole day was excellent, despite being held back by the rain and passers by. The timings for the shots were also very good, and because the lighting didn't change all day we were able to film what we wanted to earlier in the day, but do it later in the day as the setting looked the same.

If I did it again would I do it differently?

I would do some things differently. For starters, I'd like a clear plan of what shots we're doing, when, and where, so that we have a clear and easy plan to follow which I think would make the filming go faster and more smoothly. I would also think about the weather and make sure the forecast was good as well as bring equipment such as umbrellas just in case it did start raining.