Sam, Jake, Connor Advanced Portfolio: Fourth Filming Shoot

Fourth Filming Shoot - Short Film Prodction

We have now completed the fourth day of shooting our short film. This was the final shoot of our short film and this went very well. This means that we have not fully completed the filming for our short film.

Success Factors:

Here is a list of the success factors of this shoot:

We managed to get all the shots we planned to shoot completed. This means that the whole short film has now been shot.
We adjusted the white balance for every change in location or any change in the lighting. The will give the finished product a better look because all the shot, colourwise, will look how the are supposed to instead of looking yellowy.
We shot most of the shots multiple times with variations like the length of the shot and the shot distance. This is good because in editing we can choose from multiple shots and choose which shot fits the piece the best.
We used an external sound recorder to record some foley sounds like the diegetic 'ping' message sound.

Problems during the shoot:

Here is a list of the problems that we encountered during the shoot:

During the shoot, we had an issue with the battery life of the camera. This is because the camera that we had only had two batteries and we didn't get a charger for the batteries. This meant that we had to be very conservative with the camera battery. By the end of the shoot, the camera battery had 2 minutes worth of battery life left which is good because it means that we managed to get the shoot completed, however, if we have had run out of battery then we would have to go back and shoot the last couple of shots of the shoot.
Also, during the shoot, it was very hard to set up the tripod for some of the POV shots. This means that we had to shoot some of the shots where the protagonist is sitting on the bed handheld. We made sure to keep the camera as steady as possible, however, we won't know the outcome of these shots until we get into the editing phase.
We did not have enough battery life in the camera to go back into the woods and shoot the picture for the short film poster. This means that we have to go back during the next week and shoot the picture for the short film poster.

Overall, the shoot went very well and we have not completed the filming four our short film. Furthermore, when we get back to college we will log all the footage onto the computer and then we will start editing the short film together.