First Shoot

Our first shoot took place on Sunday 9th November and we booked the camera equipment over the weekend, picking it up midday on Friday and storing it until Sam could take them home. The shoot was set at the house of a friend, which we agreed to arrive at for 3 PM. The shooting began at 3:15, when the sky was still fairly clear. However, we had to race against time to keep shooting as the sky became increasingly darker over the next few hours. In the end, we got all the footage that was apparently needed and the parts that were too dark we decided we would either cut or adjust brightness and contrast on Premiere.

We used a clapper for all the takes, and always took at least two shots to make sure we had a choice in case there was something wrong with one. We had decided from the start that we would use sound effects and dialogue recorded later, since we could get a crisper quality of sound that way than with the camera's microphone - especially since it was quite windy during this shoot. The quality of film of image decreased a bit when we went inside the house, as it was much darker inside. To create the shadows that we wanted, despite no lights in the house being on, we used the torch from a mobile phone to provide a bit more illumination.

The equipment made it back undamaged on the Monday and we uploaded our footage.