Location: Southborough Common
We focused on the running/chase scenes as we believed that they are the most effective shots at creating tension and provide the backbone for the short, as they contribute to the plot of the short and give it elements of action as well.
My individual contribution in the shoot was to act (as I play the main protagonist in the short) and directing some of the shots we filmed (this included the placement of the camera, framing and coming up with the events in some of the shots)
We brought our storyboard with us too the shoot to ensure we followed it. For the most part we did follow the storyboard/ the framing, however a couple of shots proved impossible due to the changes in the location after our reccy (for example the river that the protagonist jumps over in the storyboard had dried up on the day of the shoot, however we replaced this with a shot that was slightly different but contained similar events)
I believe that the shoot went well and our shots came out the way we wanted them too after a few takes for each shot. I think that our framing/ use of equipment was particularly effective (for example the use of a track)
The challenges of the shoot included the fact that the ground was very muddy/ wet at the location, this meant that some of the running shots were hard to film as i kept slipping on the ground, often ruining the shot. This also meant that some of the equipment we used got covered in mud, sometimes effecting the use of them (e.g. mud in the tripod meant that the hinges on the legs stuck/ mud on the track meant that the camera didn't move along it very smoothly)
Another challenge was the lighting at the location. We wanted to shoot at dusk as we believed this would provide the right lighting/ atmosphere for our short, while we managed to film the majority of shots at dusk it grew dark very quickly and was pitch black not long after we arrived, because of this we had to shoot the next day, leading to a change in the lighting in some of our shots
The shoot has shown me that we should arrive earlier in order to assure all of the footage recorded is usable (not pitch black), it has also shown me that we should bring a towel/cloth to clean any equipment that gets dirty during the shoot as opposed to after it as the dirt does make a difference to the shot quality.
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