After setting up for filming on location, we turned on the camera and found it only had about 24 mins of battery time; Adam hadn't charged it correctly. However, this was only a minor setback, as we projected that we had enough time as long as we switched the camera off/put it to sleep in-between takes. The other downside was the weather, which metamorphosed from moderate gloom to spitting rain about two-thirds of the way through filming. However, despite this, we managed to shoot almost all our footage before the camera shut down right before us managing our last two takes. In the end, this didn't pose a real problem; we went into a coffee shop down the street and allowed our actress for Al to warm up while we charged the camera. It had been a problem making her run back and forth, putting on her coat between filming so she didn't freeze, so this was a welcome and timely respite from the weather and stress.
Adam was in charge of recording the sound in this section, as we have the bulk of our dialogue at the end of our sequence. He conducted this with an exceptional degree of professionalism and the result is, as you'll see, excellently clear sound; something we know groups in previous years have struggled to achieve in their work. I'm not sure how much enjoyment he got out of squatting on the ground out of shot of the camera for intermediate amounts of time, but at the very least his hard work paid off.
In the end, we shot the last few scenes within minutes and went home happy. Luckily, the rain we battled through didn't even show up on film; something we were all grateful for, I think. This session concluded our filming, and we could begin editing and other post-production at last. I did enjoy this part of the coursework, but I feel that it would have been easier if we were a professional team with no other responsibilities apart from getting it done. Some day, maybe.
AF & DY
Adam was in charge of recording the sound in this section, as we have the bulk of our dialogue at the end of our sequence. He conducted this with an exceptional degree of professionalism and the result is, as you'll see, excellently clear sound; something we know groups in previous years have struggled to achieve in their work. I'm not sure how much enjoyment he got out of squatting on the ground out of shot of the camera for intermediate amounts of time, but at the very least his hard work paid off.
In the end, we shot the last few scenes within minutes and went home happy. Luckily, the rain we battled through didn't even show up on film; something we were all grateful for, I think. This session concluded our filming, and we could begin editing and other post-production at last. I did enjoy this part of the coursework, but I feel that it would have been easier if we were a professional team with no other responsibilities apart from getting it done. Some day, maybe.
AF & DY
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