Real Shoot - 9/01/13

Doing make-up

Here is the round-up of our real shoot, where we discuss how efficient we were, what we managed to capture and what we may still need to shoot:

Yet again we went to Primrose Hill to catch the dawn. This Saturday it was at 7.25, and although it was a very beautiful sunrise it didn't last very long. This meant that we didn't get the sunrise mise-en-scene in the background of the shots and the lighting that we had hoped for. This may also mean that it will not connote Lila's new beginning and the hope that would run throughout the film, instead focusing on Lila's grief. However, our test shoot footage from last week was shot during a clear and colourful sunrise so we could use it. There are problems with our test footage though, including script changes, and the production crew's shadows being seen in shot.

Also, one of our actors was unhappy with the early hours, and may not come againi if we have a re-shoot. Our footage has nice framing and quite good performances from our actor's so we hope that this will not be necessary.

Catching the sunrise 

There were not as many disruptive people on the top of the hill this week, apart from a group of young people taking photos, and some girls having a picnic on a bench. Sharlene and I let the people around us know we were shooting, and before every shot we made sure that we said 'Camera rolling? Silence on Set. Action'. This meant that fewer people walked into shot or talked loudly in the background, however the frequent and sudden arrival of a number of both small and very large dogs was often very offputting for our actors.

We tried to use the same costumes and mise en scene from last week's test shoot to ensure continuity, but we had to replace the bucket list, because we had initially written on both sides of the paper, which made the writing look less clear in the shot. Our newer bucket list was only written on one side of the piece of paper.

The actors practicing lines

We were far more prepared for our real shoot than the test shoot. This time, we thought more about our shoot schedule and how to shoot so that our actors could leave as soon as possible (due to the cold conditions). We were all also more prepared for the cold this time and we wore thermals and multiple layers, which allowed us to concentrate more on the filming rather than our shaking hands.
Throughout the shoot, we remained more focused and tried to shoot everything more efficiently.

We still need to go over our footage, but we think that we will have a back-up shoot at some point in half term because:
- we had a script change from our test shoot, and we might need to do the conversation shots again
- if we can't use the sunrise shots from our test shoot, we may have to redo some