Progress Report - Part 4 (Filming)

Thomas Allison 0051

We have now entered the production filming stage of the trailer. Everything was in order and times were set, We met at our arranged time of 3.30pm ready to film our first day of shots. We followed our planned schedule which all went according to plan and infact we had more time than needed which is good. We used this time to take more shots and take photos for our other coursework productions. A problem at this stage of the coursework was lighting levels, this especially showed during the filming of the final stages of the storyboard when the protagonist was to run to the end of the corridor, fall over and run towards the camera (POV of antagonist). We were sensible and took 3 shots of each scene with each storyboard so we could choose the best one, this is part of my experience as from the AS coursework in some cases i failed to take more than one shot and ended up with some poor quality shots. Due to our floorplans that we have already drawn up of each location we were able to set up our equipment easily and know where the dangers were and powerpoints. On the first day we ended up filming for approximatly 4-5 hours. We took plently of time and took plenty of shots to ensure we have enough to not need to film again. At the end of each day (Thurs + Fri) we sat in the canteen to playback the footage we had captured. Each time everything seemed fine and suitable for what we needed. We made sure non of the shots were of poor equality and remained still when needed to be. Another important factor was to stick to the media rules (which we did, this included 180 degree rule and rule of thirds). Overall the filming stage of our production went really well and we had no major problems.