Sam, Jake, Connor Advanced Portfolio: The First Filming Shoot

The First Filming Shoot - Short Film Production

We have completed the first day of shooting our short film. This shoot went very well as all went according to plan. We managed to film all the shots that we had planned to and we made sure to film each shot multiple times.

Success Factors:

Here is a list of the success factors of the first shoot for our short film:

We shot all 13 shots that we planned to shoot for the short film.
Most of the shots we shot twice with slight variation in either angle or shot distance so that we can have a play around in editing to see which shot fits the piece better.
Made sure to set the white balance for any changed in location or any change in lighting. This is a vital part of the filming stage of the short film production because if the white balance is not set properly for the lighting situation then the shot will look very yellowy and it will make the final piece look awful. For the white balance, we brought a white piece of paper that we used to set the white balance to every time the lighting changed. This meat that we set the4 white balance about 6 or 7 times during the shoot.
The costume of the characters was as we planned it to be which was good because it meant that the correct information is going to be connoted to the audience. This is because the protagonist was wearing a white t-shirt and light blue trousers which connote's his happiness.
Made sure to use a variety of techniques. During the shoot, we made sure to use some more complex camera movement and camera techniques like slit framing and pans. This is because it makes the piece look more professional and having variety keeps the audience engaged for longer.
Kept to the continuity editing techniques. During the shoot, we made sure not to break the 180-degree line which is good because it means that our piece will not break continuity.

Overall, the shoot went very well and nothing went majorly wrong during the shot which would have set us back in any way. This is good because it means that we are sticking to the shooting schedule and will because able to get straight to editing the piece when we get back from half term.

We did have one issue when we were filming on the Bridge Road. This was because lots of cars kept coming past the camera which meant it took us a while to get each shot because the cars were driving very close to the camera and they would have been very loud on the camera on board microphone.