Shoot date: Thursday 12th November
What was your role during the shoot?
In this shoot, we eventually managed to shoot at our external location, Grosvenor park. However, we had to be extremely efficient, as we knew the weather could affect the shoot. During this shoot, I was again participating in the acting. Also, when I was out of shot, I helped with the composition and framing of the shots, utilising our storyboards. We knew that we had to extremely efficient in this shoot as we only had a limited time of around 2 hours. Consequently, we had several conversations including whereabouts we would like to shoot and the exact shots we would like to take, this talk occurred a few days prior to shooting.
Which shots were less successful or problematic? Why was this?
There were very few shots that we had problems with, and we managed to shoot the vast majority of the shots to our best ability. Despite this, we tried to use a shot where George and I were both looking into some musky water, to show our reflections. However, due to not being able to make out our faces, the shot proved to be problematic. As well as this, due to Grosvenor park being a popular, public location, some of our takes had to be stopped abruptly, because of people walking into shot or being in the background. This slowed us down slightly, yet we managed to shoot what we needed to in the time we had. Also, as some of the park was unavailable and scattered with machinery (due to Maintenance works), we were unable to take any digipak shots (explained further in the last paragraph).
What other challenges did you encounter and how did you respond to them?
Unfortunately, the weather turned and it started to rain quite heavily. This meant that we had to stop filming, to prevent any damage to the equipment, especially the camera. Despite the weather being a problem, we still had an hour of shooting and managed to shoot pretty much what we wanted, so overall we were pleased with the progress. Furthermore, there were moments where the ever-changing weather conditions restricted us, including when it rained for a 15 minute spell where we had to pack all of the equipment away to avoid damage. As well as this, after the rain, there were some rare sunny spells which looked unrealistic, as they contrasted to the solemn, overcast shots we took on that day.
How did you develop your ideas for the digipak and advert on the shoot?
Due to only having an hour to shoot, we only managed to take shots for our main video. As well as this, Grosvenor park is currently under maintenance, and therefore we wouldn't have been able to take any digipak/advert shots anyway. Also, we wanted to take most of our shots at our next location, Bedgebury on Sunday 15th November. This is because we believe that we can take more stylistic shots, with a wider, more attractive landscape. One idea we would like to incorporate is to have George at the heart of the shot, with rows of trees either side of him, taking the rule of thirds into consideration.
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