Although our shoot day was a success, that isn’t to say we went without our fair share of problems...
Whilst the decision to change our idea at pretty much last minute was a positive one, in retrospect it caused a number of issues further down the line - such as no longer necessarily being able to follow our shot list or storyboard. All the same, as a group we adapted to the change and went with the new idea as if it'd been the plan all along.
The new idea also meant that some of our props - which we had desperately hunted for - were made redundant... such as the cargo netting. All the same, we decided to keep it within both the storage container and our final shots as it didn't seem particularly out of place, and the Theatre Department at school had kindly lent it to us after some effort of locating it within their vast prop shed, which we didn't think should go to waste.
Likewise, the creative idea to light our shoot entirely by torchlight had consequence in the form of a couple of the torches batteries dying mid-shoot. Thankfully, we found replacement batteries quickly - thus being able to uphold consistency and waste as little time as possible.
Our group also suffered miscommunication throughout the day. Whilst never a major problem, it did mean we ended up squabbling about who should undertake what role, believing that everyone should get the chance to operate the camera and direct. Sadly, not everyone was quite as willing, and nor did we all particularly agree about what shots we wanted - resulting in some of us not being able to film what we necessarily wanted to.
Despite this, everyone did seem to step up on the shoot day and offer some form of worthwhile participation, and at the end of the day, we did manage to successfully wrap on filming with what we hope is a substantial amount of footage to work with. Although it wasn't exactly our original idea, the process of filming and later editing are both exciting ones as we will begin to see our thriller opening sequence come to life.
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