HG- Reflection on Shoot 1

When and where was this shoot?

This shoot was at my team members' house as the caravan we are using is situated at the back of his house. We planned to shoot from around 8am-1:15pm, however, due to public transport issues on the morning of the shoot, it ended up being 10am-1:15pm. Despite this; there was still plenty of time to shoot some of the shots we had storyboarded.

What scenes were we focusing on?

For this particular shoot, me and my team focused on the build-up of our clip at a pre-climactic point. What I mean by this is we shot the part of our clip before/as Darren discovers the caravan. We concentrated on how our shots would intrinsically create tension for our audience.

What was your individual contribution to the group?

Due to the part of the clip we was filming on the day, I was the only actor, and as Darren is given prevalance throughout, i am in more or less every shot. Therefore, my main contribution is acting. Despite this, some of our shots take several takes to look how I and my team would like, and I would therefore discuss with the others about how to make the shot better and often give my own ideas.

To what extent did our storyboard help?

Our storyboard helped but only to a certain extent, I say this because as we arrived at the location, we wanted to find a woodland area which differed to the one we depicted in our storyboard. Because of this, the framing in our shots were different to the ones we drew. Nevertheless, we still used the storyboard to look at the basics of the shot, e.g close-up, longshot etc and camera movements too.

What do I think worked well?

Personally, I think we worked well as a team. If our shot wasn't working and it didn't look effective we would persevere until we was content with the shot. Also, the location itself is very effective and we are very happy with the accessibility of it. I was happy with some of the shots, this included the tracking shot along the caravan and then at the end of the shot one can see Darren entering the caravan.

What were the challenges of the shoot?

The main challenges for this particular shoot is that we wanted Darren to be walking through the woods before he comes across the caravan. The difficulty with this is that at Tom's house, here is very little woods and we were in a very isolated area so it would be time consuming to go elsewhere.

How will our previous shoot help us in terms of experience?

Our previous shoot will help us in terms of our preparation. We now realise how much preparation is needed for the shoot, this includes; the exact shots we want, time arrangements, clothing/props etc. We know that we cant afford to spend too much time on one shot and we need to spend a relatively even amount of time for each shot. There is very little point in spending too much time on one shot and rushing another.