In class, we explore the importance of planning and communicating among each other when planning for a film shoot. Personally, I’ve never been a big fan of storyboarding and planning ahead cause I almost usually never have the privilege to have look at the location before filming, but when I was working with a new team I knew it was important that each and every person understood the directors vision for the film and it was my job to portray that visually.

The first step we took was assign each individuals their roles, by doing so we understood not to get in each other’s way. After understanding our roles, we headed out off the class to do some location scouting. We took about 5 to 10 minutes on deciding where we wanted to shoot the scene before finally agreeing on shooting in one of the hall alleyways located at building 9, which at the same time had a stairs. We agreed on this location due to the flexibility of space and how much detail the location had.

The next thing we did for the preproduction was getting the cast to understand how the filming was going to take place, and since we were filming walking up the stairs, safety precautions had to be emphasized. We took some pictures as well in order to help the crew visualize what we were going for, and this definitely helped us to communicate with one another a little bit better.

The next challenge we encountered was the lighting of the scene. Since we were shooting outdoors, we could only hope for a perfect weather where the lighting was not too harsh so the shots would be properly exposed. Since that was out of our control, we accepted the fact that we couldn’t do anything about that and do mostly close up shots and avoid shooting the sky.

I was very happy overall working with them. Planning before the shoot definitely saved us a lot of time and now I understand better the importance of planning.