Unit 12 Feature Film 2

 

Task 1: Research

I am interested in the role of director as it is something I have some experience in this role but I am looking to expand my skills in this area as it is where I am wanting to specialise. 

Task 2: Role on shoot and Team

My role on the shoot is First AD, I will be looking for out for continuity issues, helping to direct the actors, assisting the director however I can. I have recently counted the total number of shots in the film for the DOP and been focusing on helping other people with pre-production paperwork.

Task 3: Pre-Production

Pre-production

Task 4: Production

Thursday 10th January

This was the first day of filming, we filmed scene 2 where Jack gets his cancer diagnosis. We didn't have a shot list so we had to plan out and improvise a lot of them. Because of this, we had to work on blocking, this took barely any time at all. It was a fast and efficient shoot.

Monday 15th January

Today we shot in a café, the natural lighting from the windows was incredible but also caused some minor issues with the panel lights which were quickly solved. The shot lists weren't printed off which meant more improvised camera work but it was fine.

Wednesday 17th January

Today was the first day of filming in the Dorman's Club. The biggest challenge here was the fact that we couldn't have the lights in the room on because of the night time setting. This led to the production looking very studio. This was the only issue that we encountered and it was a good efficient shoot.

Thursday 18th January

Today we filmed the last scene, the shoot went smoothly but I had to wrangle the actors a bit as some of them were really loud during our filming which ruined a few shots. Besides this, the shoot was fine. 

Task 5: Evaluation

Overall, the shoot was very successful. There was a few organisational issues and at times the actors could be hard to work with but besides this, we were all very professional and did our jobs very well. It was good to work under another director and