R + P Post 32: Test shoot and rough edit

The Narrative Test Shoot

We decided to do our test narrative shoot on the Monday of half term (24th) when all of us were available, including Jack Brown (our actor outside of the group). We managed to stay on track of time for our narrative test shoot. We travelled from every location successfully and efficiently and all cast and crew members turned up on time with no complications in terms of technology.

Some difficulties we had while shooting and how we will solve them: 

• filming the on-tube shots proved very complicated because we tried to get Ella to get off the train at any stop then get back on while the doors were closing. We realised this was unnecessary as we only needed her to get off and come on and stay still, waiting for the doors to close behind her as we could edit the footage in-between out in post-production. 
• while trying to film Jack running down the escalator, we were told off for filming by a member of TFL. She informed us that we need to apply for a free filming permit online which gives us full access to film whatever we want underground. We will definitely do this before our real shoot in order to prevent complications. 
• we found it difficult filming in Ella's house because of spacing restrictions when trying to get particular angles. Therefore, we need to re-think the argument scene before the real shoot 

The Studio Test Shoot

The media department created a timetable for us regarding when the studio was booked for us to film in. We had blocked in the maximum time available for us to shoot, except for Friday's sessions as I would be absent. 

Our TEST SHOOT schedule

Although we initially thought we had heaps of time to film in, we didn't quite realise how long lighting would take. So we didn't get as much footage as we possibly wanted t. However, as we now have every lighting set-up saved successfully in the studio, we won't waste any time turning on lights at the beginning of our shoot sessions; we will now only have to position them accordingly! 

Overall, I think our test shoot was ok. Although, we want to use the dolly in our real shoot to experiment with movement when filming as our shots were very boring. We also need to direct our actors so we get the best out of them in terms of performance.