Evaluation of shoot!

The day before the shoot I set up the set on my own however I had some help from a media teacher as I wasn't tall enough to put it all up. As no one else from my group was there I hoped that the set looked just how everyone had wanted it. We had all had chats before hand and planned the set however it is still nerve racking as I was not 100% sure. Most of the props were in the room already but I did not set up the props in the room as I wanted to do that all together.

The next day I woke up and felt prepared for my shoot, I was excited but also slightly nervous as the day ahead could turn out brilliant, or could not work at all. On the way to school I looked through the storyboard just to freshen my mind and as I arrived at school I went straight to the studio.

When I got to the studio all my group arrived too about the same time and they were very pleased with the set. All together we got the set ready and put the desk in place. At the beginning of our sequence there is a part which the man walks in a corridor and unlocks the door to the basement room, we had to go find where to do this even though we had a slight idea in mind. Luckily, the idea we had worked and so the beginning of the shoot started in the basement of the school. 

Basements tend to be dark and gloomy with low lighting. The set had a dim light hanging over the centre which looked very like a basement. The walls were grey brick which also gave a good effect. I think the set suited what we wanted very well. 

There are multiple roles on shoot day such as camera man, director, sound and continuity person. Throughout the whole day we swapped around roles, I spent quite a lot of time behind the camera and I also did some directing and continuity. Unfourtunatly I did not get a chance to do sound but there are other times I can practise this skill as I am interested in it. 

Personally, all the shots we wanted to create worked very well and therefore the actual shooting of the sequence went very well, the different atmospheres were created well with the lighting and also the situations, for example, in the corridor downstairs, that worked really well and even though we did not know how it would turn out. Over all I was very pleased with nearly every aspect of the shoot day. For next time I think we learnt to keep going until we absolutly have to stop for lunch because after lunch the moods and atmosphere went down hill and everyone wanted to just get it done and it lacked enthusiasm whereas before lunch everyone was very enthusiastic.

Most of all I enjoyed being behind the camera and directing, I could not choose between the two as I love being practical but I also loved being in charge. After a very succesful day the editing is what comes next! 

Editing is what makes the piece come together. I am looking forward to seeing this and I am also looking forward to adding music to create a deeper sense of atmosphere and ambiguity.  I am also looking forward to see how it cuts together and what cuts we use as they could gradually change or it could be straight cuts. 

Generally I feel like we worked really well as a team, everyone did their jobs and everyone listened. Maybe some of the group should have concerntrated more on the shoot but I was very happy with the way we worked and there was no arguments, we all got on really well throughout the whole process!