Evaluation

Now that the filming and editing is over, we looked at the our film as a whole and you see that the filming quality gradually becomes better. In the first and second scenes my group weren't very skilled and we were still practising. Eventually our skills developed and we were able to shoot quality shots. Looking back at myself working on this module, I feel as if I could have had more input into the group work. I feel as if my input was very minimal. I could have told my team that I will take over whatever piece of work that need to be done. I have learnt from this that I need to be more of a team player and stop relying on others to do the work.

Editing

Editing was quite difficult because we some colour correction problems. Some parts of the film was either to green, yellow or blue. We tried to adjust this on Premiere Pro using the Fast Colour Correction tool. It showed a colour wheel where we could adjust the colours in a part of of a film.

We also encountered a problem with the sound in scene. The day that we were filming it was very windy and you can barely hear the speech. We did try to reduce the wind as much as possible but it i still unclear. To overcome this problem, we could have used the a boom mic or a clip on mic. This will be able to pick up any sound better rather than relying on the microphone on the camera. We also werent able to add credits to the end of our film because we weren't taught how to do it and After Effects wouldn't allow one of my team members to import a file with more than one component. 

Fifth Filming Session

Filming the last scene we had split it into two sessions. In the first part we had another problem with equipment today because the release plate that so we had to use the method of putting the camera on our shoulders. In this scene we had to film a rugby match. So there was a lot of movement throughout the scene. In the second part of filming the last scene we problems with the sound because on that day it was very windy. Here are a couple of pictures of us filming the first part of scene 5.

Fourth Filming Session

This was one of the most fun filming session because we were thoroughly entertained with what the characters in the film had to do. In this scene we focused on getting different shots, such as extreme close ups, close ups, mid shots and long shots.

Third Filming session

We had trouble filming this scene because our initial location wasn't up to the standards we needed it to be in. So we had to change the location. However changing the location would mean the consistency between scene 2 and 3 wouldn't match. So that we would mean we would have to film it in a way that looks like we hadn't changed the house that Jake had walked into in scene 2. Continuity is very important in filming because the audience will be confused on why certain details are different. Also this helps the audience to understand and comprehend the action happening on the screen.

Second Filming Sesion

We met up at the Pavillion in Parkwood to continue with our filming progress. During this scene we had to film our main character Jake walking from his rugby training to his home. Whilst filming this scene we had to take into consideration the 180 degrees rule. We always had to stay on the left hand side of Jake. This is so the audience wouldn't be confused. The 180 degrees rule to a way of showing the relationship between two characters and this keeps the characters grounded compositionally on a particular side of the screen or frame. 

First editing session

We had our first editing session during our Wednesday seminar, and we had looked at all the clips we had for the first scene and deleted clips that we didn't need. After we had done that we opened up Premiere Pro and started putting our skills into use. We cut different sections from different clips to make up the first scene.

First filming session

On Tuesday 18th of March my group had our first filming session. We all met in Parkwood and made our way to the Pavillion to use the field as our location for our film. We did come across a few problems for example:

• We didn't have release plate.
• The tripod was stiff so we couldn't get certain angles properly.
• The ground wasn't levelled so the tripod wasn't steady.
• It was also very cold and because we were shivering the camera would shake slightly. 

Besides the problems we had encountered, we were still motivated to get the scene done. 

Call Sheets

On Thursday 12th of March my group had a meeting where we went through the call sheets that we had created and filled them. We had a different one each scene. This helped everyone that was working on that particular scene where and when things are. For example on our call sheet we put where the nearest hospital, the nearest fire extinguisher and what time lunch is. Also on these call sheets we have put the names of the actors that will be on set on that day and time. This is an image of all the call sheets for each scene.