Filming our Prelim.

We were given a script which we had to follow but we could interrupt the script in any way we liked. We decided to set our scene outside with a girl tied up. We then had two other people [one holding a gun] standing either side of the girl tied up and they were fighting over who would kill her.

One problem we had was filming outside. One problem with filming outside was the light change, which meant different scenes looked slightly different. If we had filmed inside we would not have had that problem. Another problem was everyday sounds outside. We were filming our last shot and suddenly in the background we could here a leaf blower which means we will have a problem with continuity. We overcomplicated the scene by having props which were unnecessary. We spent about 15 minutes getting the props ready which in the end we did not use. This meant we wasted time rather than getting creative shoots. A rule I have learnt is overdoing a scene is not a good idea. Some of the bets films are very simple in the way they are filmed. One of the actors did not know their lines which meant we had to stop start the filming process therefore another thing I have learnt is always be prepared.

My job in this task was filming which I loved. When we started I got everybody in position and made sure what was meant to be in shot was in shot. I zoomed in and focused on who ever was the furthest away from the camera which meant everyone else was in focus. We did one creative shot of the girl tied up. We did a tilt shot which started at her feet and finished on her face but it was probably a bit to slow so I will have to speed it up when we come to edit it. I thought this was a good shot because it set the scene. Over all I thought our scenes were good. We got some nice shots and we had convincing characters.