FILMING SUCCESSFUL

 We filmed our first scenes on the 19th March for our film opening - SUSPECT.

We set out to use different camera shots like wide angle, panning and tracking shots with the help of a drone. Using a drone in our film feels more professional for the viewer as we are able to capture a variety of shot angles which you can't do with just a handheld camera. We felt this would improve our film massively with the help of this equipment. Our successful shoot consisted of two of the characters, Alan and Herbert as they are first shown to the viewer. Alan fishing on the river bank and Herbert going for a run behind him. Using the drone for these scenes allowed us to get a birds-eye-view of the location, showing the river flowing along the edge of the park. We used a tracking feature built into the drone in order to follow overhead of Herbert. Using the drone also allowed us to capture a shot over the river, looking back onto Herbert allowing the viewer to understand the setting. Not only did the drone allow us to capture more shots, the stability from it also helped with a lot of the scenes.

This shoot was successful compared to our previous attempt as we had a plan and we all knew what we were doing prior to filming. With knowledge of how to use a drone and knowing how we wanted to capture these scenes made us more productive and time efficient.

FILMING UNSUCCESSFUL

 Our first film shoot turned out to be unsuccessful. We used the drama studio for our interview scene where three of the characters were being questioned. This was our original plan for our film opening however post filming, we realised this film was not good enough for the standards we wanted to achieve. Since this, we have changed the storyline to our film, however we still kept the same characters. From this unsuccessful shoot, we realised that we needed to be more time efficient with filming after being very close to running out of time. We also realised we can be more efficient with our production by planning out what we are going to film before actually filming. This means we could plan out our different camera angles and be familiar with how everything is going to work rather than turning up and figuring it out as we go. Not only would this make us more efficient, but it would turn out better as we would know what we would be doing. This also helps us in not wasting time on the shoot as we are limited with the times we can shoot so it is important we know what we are doing before we start filming our shots. Another thing we could have done differently is using another camera. By doing this it would be easier to achieve all the different angles that we wanted. It would also be better for the outcome of the film as having another camera would allow for a wider view of the whole scene and it would give us freedom to capture different shots and pick out the best ones so it gives us more options and more to work with.

PLANNING CHARACTER PROPS

 

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LOCATION

We started filming at West End Recreational Ground. We thought this would be a good filming spot as there was an opening to the river and there was space behind. We utilised this by shooting a fishing scene and a running scene with the help of a drone.

West End Recreational Ground