Filming
Set-up
For the filming process, we used a tripod and a video camera to shoot the footage that we needed. This gave us a clear and steady image that would look more professional for our production. We made sure that at least two members of our group were available to film at one time so that we had one person to control the camera and one person to help our actors with their placement and props. We found that this worked the best for us, and gave us all a chance to try different things in the process of filming in order to each develop our production skills.
Schedule
When organising our filming, we decided it would be easiest to film all in one day to ensure the same conditions and equipment use for each shot. This also mean that all of the clips could be edited together instead of individually. We organised this by cross-referencing when each actor was free and dividing the filming into blocks, which we then assigned at least two crew members at a time to film per filming block. We were able to split this into 4 filming blocks as shown in the schedule to the right. After organising this schedule we informed each of our cast and crew members of when and where they were required and reminded the cast of what we required of them (in aspects such as appearance), and we as the crew coordinated the management of equipment on a convenience based schedule.
Procedure
Before filming each shot we showed our actors the relevant clip taken in the test-shot sequence to demonstrate to each actor what was required of them in their scene and asked them to apply their characterisation (which had been discussed beforehand) to the scene as a way of emphasising the character's personality. We then filmed this several times to ensure we had a choice of clips to choose the most effective scenes, also filming at full distance and filming close-up shots to fully allow an effective editing process.
Re-filming
By filming all our initial shots in one day, we had allowed for any re-filming time afterwards if necessary but had also reduced the likeliness of needing to film again due to our repeated takes. This meant we did not have to re-film until we recast our 'sporty' character. When refilming with our new actor for the 'sporty' role, we followed our original procedure as this had already proved an effective and efficient way of filming.
