Reflection
Our group finalised preparation for filming on Monday, when we met up in class to become familiar with our sound recording equipment, as well as scouted our locations. Both proved to be extremely useful – particularly checking out a filming location we had in mind (Caufield racecourse) for out tunnel scene. Once we got to the racecourse, the tunnel we had in mind was under construction, so we looked around for another one. Luckily we found an awesome replacement on the racecourse that was multi-coloured, working even better than the original. This scouting also gave us the opportunity to find a quiet spot on Brighton beach.
Filming began on Wednesday, although this day was mainly spent becoming practically acquainted with the filming equipment and our process of filming scenes. This was made particularly more difficult to figure out due to our group only having five members, and many of those earlier scenes feature four characters, making it hard to capture sound. I also think we made a mistake filming with lapel mics on the first day – as a boom mic would have been much more practical, and also would have avoided interference with clothing. It also did not help that our boom pole was broken. We did decide to switch to a boom mic after our outdoor scenes, which made our filming a lot more efficient, as well as (hopefully) enhance the quality of the film. Despite this minor setback, we successfully filmed our beach scene and arrived perfectly on time during sunset.
On Thursday, our group had to move relatively quickly, with equipment needing to be returned in the early afternoon, as well as crew not having more available days to film. This was quite disappointing, as although we got a decent amount of coverage for our film, and completed all of the intended shots, we didn’t have a lot of time to experiment with angles and camera movement. This was particularly noticeable during our filming of the Millie Bobby’s trip scene around Josh’s house. I feel that for a lot of our filming days, I kind of led the direction of shooting – although I also think that establishing solid roles for each member to stick to prior to filming would have been really beneficial and made our filming a lot more efficient.