Review and Write Up of Shoot

When we came to film our preliminary task, we ran into more problems than we initially thought we would - however, despite this, our worked turned out successfully.

One of the main problems that we encountered when filming our preliminary task was the issue of continuity. Mr MacDonald and a year 7 were both present in the room during the filming process, meaning that we had to ensure they were sat in the same places at the same times, doing the same tasks all the way throughout filming. This way - if we changed from one shot to the next - it would ensure that Mr MacDonald was not present in one and missing in the next.

Another of the issues that we ran into during filming was corpsing. Keron and I - being the actors - often found it difficult to keep a straight face and would laugh during takes. While some of this could be rectified through editing, other parts had to be re-filmed entirely as a result.

Overall, however, the shoot turned out successfully. We managed to include all of the shots that we had come up with on our shot list, including a point of view shot of the first character (played by Keron) sitting down at the table, opposite character two (myself).

We accomplished the point of view shot by handing the camera from Annie (who filmed and directed) to Keron, who filmed her actions as she entered the room, walked to the table and sat down.

The remainder of the shoot was filmed by Annie, who was helped by Gemma. They worked on the camera positioning, angles, etc and accomplished the list of angles that Annie had earlier written out.

The editing of the final result went well, with time taken to look through all of the scenes that we had filmed to decide which were the best to use. In editing, strict continuity was ensured throughout, so that there were no disappearing and then suddenly reappearing bottles of water, etc. One of the only issues we encountered during editing was moving from the point-of-view opening shot to the more structured over-the-shoulder shots which were used throughout the conversation had between the two characters. This was accomplished by using a fade transition between the two clips - a bridge between one kind of camera shot and another.