EC: Production log - Wilderness Woods

My role in the group/what I did:

• Actor (antagonist)
• Participated in completion of recce, and shot ideas
• Brought props (bullets, balaclava)
• Brought costume (trench coat)
• Made sure the group completed the shots on the checklist

What I learned from the experience:

• You never have as much time as you think filming
• Always shoot a scene twice in case of error
• Constantly think of continuity when filming
• Consider a variety of angles
• Consider a variety of shots by use of equipment (e.g. tracks for a tracking shot)
• Decide a plot before filming

What I was most pleased with:

• Creativity in our shots
• Visual quality of the film
• When as a group we all agreed on a certain shot

What challenges we overcame:

• Uneven terrain - tripod
• Wind - sound removal in editing
• Lack of planning - multiple shots to select in editing

What didn't work as well:

• A variety of shots (mainly panning and static shots)
• Minor continuity errors

How this experience has influenced production:

• We found that the slasher/supernatural combination for the antagonist was easy to shoot yet effective, so we are considering doing that type of genre
• Woodlands create tension easily due to their iconography in horror films, so we have ideas based around woodland areas