After we had decided where we were going to film, we had to make sure that the day we picked was available for the garage, our production team and the actors. After we arranged a date we arranged what would be needed throughout the day and making sure everyone had a role to play for example Naomi and Lauren were the director, Desiree was the creative director and I helped with the set design and what worked best through the camera lens and actors making sure they had everything they needed on and off set., this made sure there was no disagreements or anyone was confused as to what they were doing. We decided that everyone should have a chance at filming to show all of our skills.
On the day of filming arrived at 9 am and we all arrived before the actors so we had a chance to set up the camera and lighting, the original lighting in the garage was strip lights and this wouldn't have looked good on camera as it makes everything seem flat and not to the full quality that we wanted it to be, so therefore we set up a hanging light in the middle of the room with the table under it. We next had to decided which way the table worked best under the light and through the camera. After that, we had to move some furniture out of shot just to give it the abandoned feel to it, we also had to cover up the Toyota sign in the background due to copyright issues and making it look to modern which wouldn't have given the effect of an old abandoned garage.
Once the actors arrived and settled in we were able to do a quick run through marking out each step the doctor would take eg from position 1 to 2 when handling the tools, these were markers stuck on the floor that the camera couldn't see.This made it easier for both the actors and who ever was filming at the time, as we were able to get the actors to stand in the exact same place as the previous shots which gave us good continuity and match on action, this also made it possible to re shoot a scene quicker if needed than if we hadn't marked out the standing positions.
Due to our Pre Production planning, our filming ran very smoothly as we knew exactly what we were doing and what we wanted to achieve throughout the day. As we had done all this planning previously we managed to get all our shots done in a small amount of time with time left over which we were able to re film somethings that we didn't like in another shot, this gave us the opportunity to get the best possible shots for our final piece and we were able to pick out things that weren't great about our first take, fix it and then re shoot that bit. Also we were able to film extra bits that we hadn't story boarded that we thought of on the day while shooting, this was very good for us as it gave us more ideas about how we could make our film better, although we didn't use all ideas as we didn't want to over complicate our piece. The overall filming day was successful,we had time to film as well as have fun with it and i really enjoyed working on set, showing my skills and creative ideas. We worked really well as a team when both filming and making sure the actor knew what they were doing, were comfortable on set and had everything they needed (a coat as it was quite cold, or food and drinks), as well as getting the filming done quickly and to the standard we wanted.
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