FS JB: Task 19 - Reflection on shoot

Reflection on Filming

What went well?
·        The camera we used was of high resolution which led to us being really happy about the way our shots came out as we feel they looked professional and the quality will really help when it comes to editing.
·        We recorded lots of footage even though we were aware we wouldn’t be able to use every single shot. Although the filming process took a long time, we are really glad we spent so long on it now because we simply have so much choice over which shot to use. At first we were conscious that we wouldn’t have enough footage to fulfil the time of the opening so as we planned to have a very fast cutting rate in the mid-section of the opening. Therefore we recorded lots of filler shots. This has helped again as although we won’t use all of them we can use them in as a parallel line of action to set the scene.

·        The weather played to our advantage; on the day we recorded there was very rainfall, this connoted the unpleasant conditions the protagonist would be in through pathetic fallacy. There were some issues with this but on the whole we couldn’t have asked for more ideal conditions to film in.

·        The location of the filming, we think that one of the strongest parts of our filming was the strength of the location. We filmed in an old fashioned cellar in Ightam. The cellar was small, compact and dense but with lots of character. in one corner there was a ‘Priest hole’, connoting the house was actually traditionally more of an inn or perhaps a community area. However, due to this there were also engravings already on the wall of Christian crosses which were presumably done by the Priest. We were able to work around these and use them to our advantage as we felt they added historical value, going in time with the hieroglyphics shot and the persona of the antagonist.

 

Struggles we had:

As the camera we had sometimes had to be focused manually, some shots appeared out of focus, therefore, we had to rerecord these shots, many of these included close up shots of words which were slightly

·        On the day we recorded there was very heavy rainfall, to an extent this aided out filming as it created a sinister tone which made the protagonist look vulnerable, and the antagonist even more of a threat. This was helpful as it connoted the psychological subgenre, however, it also bought many problems too. Every shot we filmed outside, we had to be conscious the camera didn’t get wet, this was difficult when filming the chase scene as the filmmaker had to carry an umbrella as well as the camera.