first day filming

problems when filming

our first day filming was on the 16th and 17th of January in Iver, the plan was to film the letter box scene and abduction scene however we had many problems but it was important to go through this process so we can then improve for our next shoot and plan ahead.
some of the problems we come up against was time, for shooting and getting the group in one place at one time, to overcome this we have set designated days and times and plan ahead with plenty of notice so we can all be there and all participate, one personal problem was balancing work and school work i had to cut down my hours of working from Thursdays,Fridays Saturdays and Sundays to just Saturdays and Sundays this will free up more time and enable us to produce better work, another problem we found was lighting, in our animatic and our brainstorms we always wanted a dark sinister shot however when filming at night with a low budget and reling on street light the shot becomes distorted and too dark to improve on this we started to shoot earlier around 3-4 o'clock , in this time frame it gives us time to set up and film but more importantly it is the optimum light intensity, another advantage of this type of shot is that being slightly brighter it brings out more detail and the possibility of editing the clip in after effects to bring the footage to a more styled and consistent darkness something that looks slightly artificial but is a unique and good way to edit the clip an example of post production editing on light is "Sin City" which creates a quality aspect to film.
good times
good points from our first day filming was the knowledge we gained that has improved our filming and preparation. another factor we gained from our first day is that we have found and tested one of our actors , the son of the family, a.k.a Adam Parslow, who did really well and gave a convincing performance and did not over act.
overall the shoot was a massive learning curve and highlighted problems we needed to improve , we need to go out and film the scenes again but this time we will have more of a plan and batter preparation.