'Filming Diary' PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION DIARY

Starting in the classroom, first at all we had some issues setting up the camera. The micro was damaged and we though that it was the camera. We needed Nigel's support and this took longer...!

Almost a half of morning wasted!

When we fixed it we continued with the plan.

Saul would be sitting on the desk working in his computer and this was the first scene, after saul went to the toilet and comes back and sees his phone gone missing by a thief that picked it up. The chase begins and saul started chasing him down all the way around the college to the pond across the road from the college.

We did a lot of mistakes since everyone was trying to used the different equipment needing like 6 takes in the same scene. And also we didn't agree about how we should film and about angles.

But we came back to our paperwork following what we decided at the very beginning.

We asked our group to come next day with some clothes and so that it can make the project looks more professional and better for the people that is watching it

They did it so it was no problem with the sequences. This time we focused on the chase outside college. 

I was for some scenes audio assistant and I realised how annoying could be the noise around. Then we catch different voices playing the recorded sequences.

During the chase the actors had to cross the road what was complicated since the cars never stopped and when the finally stop the take was wrong or we didn't like it.

Finally we got all the work done. It was a long day but we were happy with all the scenes and the filming time was great. We finally learnt to listen each other! That was the best part.

[Reflective side]

What skills have I gained?

Types of shots are familiar to me now, I know how to move the camera to get the shot that I want to film. Establishing the camera is also a new skill what I gained.

I'm able to explain to my classmates what I want they to do according the paperwork.

How did I work in my team? 

I can say I did my part well, I've been named as producer assistant and I keep an eye in the shots organization and timetable to finishing the production on time.

What do I need to improve?

My goal is to know how to use the camera perfectly. 

Did I improve from my last project?

I participated with opinions and ideas, I was able to explain my point of view to make much better the whole project.