Evaluation of Filming

Overall I am much more pleased at how the filming for the new film went than the previous one. Filming outside allowed the lighting to be much more natural and consistent, and generally made the film look more professional as a result. As with the previous filming though, there were some sound problems. The day I decided to film on was fairly windy which has led to some noticeable humming and buzzing noises in the background of scenes, some louder than others. Hopefully the inclusion of soundtrack will help to detract from this.

The most serious problem I faced however was unfortunately out of my control. The tripod that I had borrowed from my school to use was broken in several key places. Although not apparent at first glance, when it came to the filming it became apparent that one of the unfold-able sections of one of the legs had been snapped off. This led to me having to use a bucket as a prop to attempt to keep the tripod level, which meant I had to choose carefully where I placed it on the ground. It was also broken on the section where the camera itself rested, meaning it automatically slanted when placed on it, and in order to fix this I had to place an object of very exact size underneath the camera fixing to level it out. This meant I had to be very delicate when moving or adjusting the camera during filming.

Other minor problems were I have had to make some slightly unusual choices in editing between shots in some instances in order to try to keep continuity or simply to work with the footage I had in he best way. In none of these instances is it a particularly big issue though.

Overall I am very pleased with how the filming worked out in the end because of the way the footage has come out. There are only some small things that I perhaps would change if I could, but I feel overall the quality is very good.