Filming III

25/2/16
The final day of working on the film began with the filming of the fight scene. Despite a few minor scratches and bruises, including injuries from an unused scene which was put up to debate whether or not it would be included in the film but it did not fit well enough with the previous footage, the day was a success.
A cast member had to leave early so we worked around this and shot the end of the film sooner which allowed us to then finish off the film on this day rather than having to wait another day to film a single scene.

Filming II

20/2/16
Day 2 of filming commenced with a few minor hiccups to begin with including the misplacing of key elements of the film such as the gas mask. However we soon overcame this obstacle and moved forward and upwards towards finishing the filming. Furthermore we decided to abandon the use of the machete as it was cumbersome and we felt that it would not properly reflect the type of film we were going for as it would give us an unwanted 'slasher' theme.
A few disagreements on shot types and choreography were sorted out democratically within the group which only proved to us how difficult film making can be especially for small independent outfits.


The day of filming ended with the light playing a significant part in our departure from the set but with a full days filming under our belts we feel confident that we can create an outstanding piece of cinematography.

Filming

The 18/2/16 marked the beginning of filming for our project which displayed the problems that may be encountered when filming a piece of media. However despite the problems the enjoyable outing paired with the sense of comradery made the trip worthwhile and eye opening in regards to how we need to conduct ourselves in order to maximise the potential of our film opening. The use of props plays a large part in our project. we decided to use a large machete in our production which has health and safety issues however we handled the use of it remarkably well with all of the scenes that it features in being meticulously planned in order to make sure that the actors in the production were safe. Different camera angles and heights from which they were taken plays a key role in our project as this gives and surrounding effect with the idea being to close in upon the progression of the film until its ultimatum.
Some of the problems that we have encountered as a production team are finding a time where every person is readily available to film. This has limited the amount of filming time that could be utilised over the period in which we intended to film. Furthermore, when all of the team was available there was a stumbling block in the form of creative disputes in regards to how the film should play out which placed a further limitation on the amount of filming we were able to complete to a standard which we would consider using.