Final Project - Holiday Filming (Test Footage)

I am currently organising a day near the end of next week to get some scenes shot for my final project so it will leave more time for editing, design tasks etc. So far, I have got a some of the needed cast and crew like Make-up, a couple of the needed actors along with possibly the head of photography to allow for some shots to include for the preliminary planning along with possible shots to edit for the actual magazine cover. Currently, the idea so far is for Friday due to general availability for most people at around 1 to 2 being the ideal time but later is manageable. It will be in Framwellgate as it has the most places where the shots are needed so I can potentially get most of the scenes done. When all the details are finalised, I will update this post with the actual details.

*Update*

Well, the filming was changed to the Sunday due to most people being available then. The filming itself however, didn't go well. Some people turned up and left soon after, making it impossible to shoot certain shots as they accidentally took some much needed props with them and for obvious reasons if they were actors or extras. The actors I had left varied in levels of seriousness which made it hard to direct them in what I intended to shoot and ruined certain pieces of footage if they acted out of character. Craig and Stephanie were the only ones who listened to how I wanted the scenes to go and gave it their best, with Stephanie being entirely professional when doing her scenes which I greatly appreciated. I'll admit I could improve my directing skills greatly as I mainly did editing in my last project and chose this style of project to challenge myself and see if I have what it takes to get each of my shots perfect and of sufficient quality. The conditions were actually reasonable for a change, with the a decent amount of light until the wind picked up later on but fortunately didn't effect audio too much. Some footage is salvageable though, parts of the opening scenes aren't bad but during a key scene Jonathan strolled into shot so it decreased its use in the final project. So in all, it wasn't a great success but taught me a few things of what to improve next time I shoot and also if any tweaks are needed to the project itself. One thing is if certain actors can not be serious or are affecting the production negatively, a recast is needed. Another is to possibly reduce the scale of project, if some of the shots are too ambitious or not possible, they need to be redone which is what I'm currently doing at the moment by drawing up new storyboards with simpler shots that still adhere to the conventions of vampires films and also tell the narrative in greater detail. So while it wasn't a total success, it was still useful as it warned me to the potential problems within my project early so I can remedy them soon as possible.