Post 18: Production Report

On Tuesday 22nd February (22/02/11) we began filming our short film at our first location in The Village Gardens which was an area located next to the All Saints Church of England (C of E) Church in Kings Langley. As I have mentioned previously in other posts, my role was  cameraman meaning that I was responsible for filming our entire short film. On the day, I had the responsibility to bring with me our Technical Recce sheets so that I could remind myself of what camera position I needed for each shot. 


As well as the Technical Recce sheets, I also decided to bring with me a camera manual that I printed off myself to help me on the day of filming if I needed any help on working the Camera. I felt that when it came to filming on the day, we needed to make sure we were all organised & we needed to work together so that everything came together in the correct manner and I felt we did this successfully.


We all arrived on set at 10am where we began setting up all the equipment that we were individually responsible for. This included the Camera, Microphone, Digital Camera and finally a Sony Mini DV player. Whilst we were setting up the equipment, we recommended that our actors should do a quick rehearsal to finalise their roles & make sure they knew their queues.

It was vital that I brought with me the shot list, as when filming we followed it very carefully as we needed to make sure that we were filming the right effect. The reason for the Mini DV player was because it helped Becky who was able to view everything that was being filmed, and because she was the Director. I f she felt the shots that we were shooting didn't look right, she would be able to stop and re-position the actors or myself and Emma. 

When it came to our actors on the day of the filming, I thought that they did remarkably  well at staying focused with the job in hand, & also staying in character extremely well. 


What most impressed me, was Steven who played the Teenager in our film,This was due to the fact that he was extremely focused and his personality shone through. This  played a big part of his acting because he is the sort of person who is very mature and confident when it comes to performing. 

He also has acting experience as does other actors in our film, which is helpful as  it lets them portray the character that they are playing as well as picturing how the character should be perceived & .

As we can see from this picture on the right, Steven was told to wear casual clothing of which he successfully did. As I was the camera man, I was constantly busy filming and setting up equipment, therefore we agreed that Emma would take pictures of the characters so that they can be identified as well as their clothing.


We did however have on problem with Steven's clothing as the brand of his hoodie is noticeable in our film, which means that copyright can come into action, however we realised that this is not that much of a big deal.

I felt our young actor who played Sam was very impressive & mature for his age. He seemed to take direction really well and if he made mistakes, was quick to correct them. 

As we can see from this picture on the left, we can see that Rachael who played the office worker, has been told to dress smartly and professional, of which we can safely say that she has done.


Again, Emma took this picture as myself and Bobbie were to busy setting up the equipment to do so.

Jonathan's character has been identified to be smart as in every scene we see him wearing a tie, smart trousers and smart shoes. We decided that Jonathan should look smart as looking because we thought that as he has with him an expensive camera, it made sense if he looked like a wealthy man.

We also thought that because of the situation he has experienced, it would look wrong if he was to wear bright coloured clothing, this is why we see him wear a lot of black plan coloured clothing throughout the film, as it adds extra effect to his characters feelings. 

Our filming was on a cold miserable day & went on from 10am to 4pm which wasn't very pleasant for the actors particularly Jonathan as he was used for that whole time period due to the fact that he was our main character. 


If we were to film again I feel we should have provided beverages for all members of the cast and crew if necessary so that their metabolism was kept to a good level and also so that they were kept active and energetic.