First Shoot Evaluation

From our first shoot we realised a lot of problems with our shots and this was a big awakening for us. For example we had no shots that were useable 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 realised a lot of faults and things we need to change/do better next time.

For example we had terrible lighting and didn't realise 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 useable 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 realised 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 practising 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.