Post 18

Planning was a key factor to the organisation of our tight schedule for filming. Due to the fact that Kenny went to a different school, we had to be organised and plan appropriate days for filming that all the cast and crew could attend for. Once we had a day set in mind, we went ahead to film in hope that it would be a success. The cast and crew all arrived at the location at the same time, causing a lot of stress and chaos, no one really knew what they were doing and we were lacking severe organisation skills! After arranging props and briefing the cast and crew, we began to film. Our filming was a little rushed and lacked the ideal quality we would have preferred. Throughout filming, we took several pictures to enhance our post production work, not realising that this was soon to be a huge problem for us. We managed to film over half way before the natural and artificial lighting became an issue, so we called it a day. Once we returned back to school to edit a rough cut, we found we had a huge problem with the footage we filmed.

Due to take several photographs throughout filming, the footage was disturbed by the flash, making our film to look overall awful! Even though this became incredibly frustrating for us, we knew we had no other choice than to re film. After being assured not to panic and that we had plenty of time to shoot our short we organised and planned our day affectively. When the day finally arrived for us to begin filming, we arrived at the location an hour before the time we asked Kenny to get there, giving us enough time to set up and prepare for our day. After a quick briefing to Kenny and any questions he had resolved we began filming at 10.30AM.... Making sure that any cameras and telephones were turnt off, limiting the distraction in the footage! We chose to begin filming early, so we could take full advantage of the natural light available. Not every shot however was taken in its first take; this wasn’t an issue because it allowed us to get shots of the best quality and to look of a professional standard. To avoid the same problem we had last time, but to still take a variety of photos, once Zac our director called cut we asked Kenny to stay in the same position allowing us to capture any photographs when the camera wasn’t rolling... Reducing the interference from the flash!

The location is set in a house not far from Apsley Train Station, so the noise from the trains did occur to be an issue. Whilst we were waiting for the trains to pass over the bridge, instead of waiting and doing nothing, we took advantage of our spare time and rehearsed the different scenes or shots, until everyone was fully satisfied. Rehearsing the shots was also helpful for whoever was managing the camera at that time, it allowed them to practice and gain confidence using the camera.

After various discussions regarding the necessity of one specific scene and its location, as a group we decided to abolish the idea of using a bedroom and instead to film the scene downstairs. We chose to do this for scene 7 purely because it wasn’t necessary, nor did it fit with the rest of our film, to have a sudden change in location. The idea of our film was to create a message of confusion and for Kenny’s mental state to increase as the lives with the regret of killing his girlfriend. Changing location would enable audiences to loose concentration and the quality of the filming would ultimately reduce. At first, it took some convincing for me to understand how we would benefit if we remained downstairs, but thinking about it now, the footage works so much better and I am glad we done it the way we finally did!



The ‘Screen Grab’ shows the change in location.


Due to there only being three people in our group, deciding on job roles became difficult as we found there was not enough people to fill every position. With this in mind, we all worked together to ensure everything was completed to a good quality. Thankfully we had clear sky and sunshines when filming, otherwise the noise from the rain could have ultimately become a problem when editing.