Production Diary: Shoot 1. 5/11

Our first day of filming was on Wednesday the 5th November. Here we had to shoot outside so we had to check the weather forecast to see if this was an option. It indicated that it wouldn't be raining and that it'd be a dull day, which was the perfect condition for our filming and ensured that the cameras and other equipment wouldn't get damaged from any potential rain. Luckily, it was sunny and a good day to film on.

This was our first attempt at filming and although we managed in the end to get all of our shots that we needed, we did however encounter a few problems and a few things that we would change for the next day of filming. Firstly, only two of the four members could film, because unfortunately half the group was ill. This was disappointing but luckily we were only filming one short scene so the schedule wasn't too hectic. 
We also encountered the problem that with our first few shots we had props in the corner (the bags of the actors) in the shot. Luckily we noticed this straight away and we were able to change this and re-take the shots. 

The image above shows that for one of our shots we had to take it off the tripod to get a shakey shot. This created an eerie atmosphere but also gave the shots we used a different range.

Next time to improve we will be more organised and tell the actors to come after we have set up, because this time we left for the location at the same time, which meant our actors had to wait for us while we set up for the filming. 

Prior to the filming we had to fill out a 'call sheet': 

Call sheet 1 5-11

This allowed all the information from the day of filming to be collated and kept in one same place. Not only this, but it shows us which actors were needed that day and the locations and timings for our filming.