On Wednesday the 13th, the day before our shoot day, we got everything ready and prepared for the following day. This including putting the props in a specific order to ensure that everything would be accessible when we needed it the following day, this was an attempt to speed things up and avoid delays of searching for props. We also had to design the set which was in a rectangular shape which would be to represent the 'student bedsit' look which we were aiming for. This would either be filled with the performance scene, eg; drum set, guitars etc or the narrative scene, including TV, sofa, and fridge.
On the morning of the shoot, I felt we were as prepared as we possibly could have been considering the work and organisation which had been applied beforehand. Before shooting we had the responsibility of ensuring all our actors were comfortable with their roles and as prepared as they possibly could be in terms of costume, knowing the lyrics and cords, etc.
I think we managed to convey the perfect image for the scene we were trying to create. We decorated the set with a sofa, a TV, numerous amounts of posters and a fridge. This would to give the view the impression we were in a 'student bedsit' environment. The posters were also representative of the potential interests of the fake characters we were trying to create. Examples of the posters include; Pulp Fiction, Nirvana, Trainspotting and Pink Floyd.
I thought that as a group, we worked tremendously well as a group and shared and divided the roles without any disputes or disagreements. The roles involved filming, playback, camera focus and measuring distances and prop work. I believe we maintained a good balance between exploiting our strengths but at the same time ensuring that everyone was able to get involved in every aspect of the task.
Before the shoot day I had never really seen filming as one of my strengths and was quite nervous that I would struggle to capture worthwhile footage on the day. Despite this, I decided to get as involved as I could in the filming and I believe I managed to exceed expectations and I have developed a confidence in which never existed before.
The only problem that we encountered on the day of the shoot was a missing prop. We did not have a pizza outfit for our actress (Alice) to wear. At the beginning of the day this was a worry but we then decided that what she was wearing would look realistic if she wore a cap, especially considering we had remembered the Pizza delivery bag and the pizza boxes themselves. After previewing what it would look like, we came to the conclusion that this would definitely suffice and it actually looked quite believable.
Personally, I think the performance part of the shoot which was done in the morning was without the doubt the most impressive that we did throughout the day. Not only were the actors, to their credit, incredibly well prepared, but I also believe our set was exceptional and we managed to get some extremely good camera angles, allowing us to edit the footage effectively as we decided that having the most angles possible would enable to fulfil our editing capabilities and allow us to make the final piece appear very professional.
As I have mentioned, I am elated with the way in which the shoot was conducted. However the sweded scenes will require a lot of editing. It was a difficult balance to perfect ensuring that we purposefully make the scene look like it's meant to look unprofessional but at the same time we couldn't make it look like we were just filming it poorly unintentionally. Having said this I am not concerned as I believe within our group we have the capabilities to edit it effectively.
I thought as a group, the team chemistry was excellent as we got on very well. This included pre-production and during the day. This was fundamental to the success of our shoot and final production considering the vast quantity of props in which we needed. This meant we had to delegate separate roles and responsibilities. Despite we lacked the pizza outfit, this was a minute problem bearing in mind what could have potentially gone wrong considering our huge prop list.
Making our website and artwork before our shoot was definitely a bit of a gamble considering much could change on the day if there are certain things we could add to their image which we hadn't thought of. I thought we stuck to the image of the website and artwork fairly well but possibly the idea of them being working class was only developed on the day in the 'student bedsit'. This could possibly mean slight alterations to the website could be productive.
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