Filming Prelim Task (take two)

This time, we all came to the lesson with ideas as to where we could film. Our location was decided quickly which meant that we could focus on filming. Our new setting meant that we had to adapt a couple of our pre-planned shot types (for example, in the corridor there was not enough room for a side-on long shot so we cut this out and filmed a couple of alternative shots to try out in the editing process)
We also found that it was more time effective for us to film some of the shots out of sequence because of where we had the cameras set up. This meant that we had to keep a record of what we had previously filmed to prevent missing any shots out.
Once we got started, we got a few new ideas of how to improve our shot types so we experimented as we worked, making sure we got several takes of each section and sometimes from different camera angles so that we could use the best sequences in editing.
We did make a few minor errors such as moving props and forgetting where they went back. Silly mistakes like this could ruin our film sequence so it is good to make these mistakes sooner rather than later. Also, whilst editing, we noticed that at one point you could see my reflection in the window in the background, filming Jake. This is something we had not thought of whilst filming!
Even though Jake and Samson acted in our piece, we all took turns to set up the camera equipment and we made group decisions about any changes made or if one of us noticed that a shot was not working, we would come to a collective solution to the problem.