Update of Target

Update of Target

What have you done so far?

I planned out when I'll be filming and I have a schedule of when I need to have done tasks by. This is really helping me stay on target with where I should be.

I have filmed some of my shots (Sunday 19th) as planned and I am going to have a look at them now and transfer them to the computer.

Filming

I filmed on Sunday 19th January and lucky for me, it was snowing! Some of the shots are great but this is going to cause a problem when I film later on this month. Obviously, the snowy scenes are fantastic but I can't determine what the weather is going to be like so when I go to film at Sheperd's Dene there might not be any snow. This will mean having to re-take the shots I filmed at Hardwick Hall  because if I don't I will have problems with continuity.

Problems I faced when filming:

1. It was snowing so it was very cold and I had to protect the camera from the weather. This sometimes because a problem because the snow would land on the lens and I would have to use a cloth to polish over it again. This meant that I was taking the shot a few times to make sure this didn't happen. Fortunately for me, the shots I'll be using are only on the screen for half a second because this is what I planned to do in my storyboard.


2. Using a tilt - one of the shots uses a tilt which was problematic because the tripod was very stiff. I managed to adjust this so that it would be easier to move but because of this, I moved the camera too fast which might look a bit odd. I wanted a slow movement of a wall but it moves quite quickly so I might have to take this shot again.


3. Making sure that no one was in the shot. It was extremely difficult to make sure that no one was in the shot because of where I was filming. I had to take the shots a few times because people would walk in front of the camera or you could see them in the long shots of the lake. This doesn't fit with what I planned on my storyboard because I wanted it to be quite solitary.


4. Staying out for a long time in the cold. It was very cold on Sunday so it was hard to film because of this. My hands were cold when I was holding the camera which is why the tilt didn't work as well as I would have wanted it too.

A preview of some of the shots I took (and some of the scenery too!)

This is a extreme long shot I took of the lake but you can see some of the people in the distance.

I also took a shot of the trees in the background here (the forest) which I will be using. I might have to film this shot again however because you can see the snow falling.

And here is a shot of the scenery of where I was filming. I was playing around with the focus here and I found this quite interesting. This is definitely something that I would like to use again when I film at Sheperd's Dene.

What to do next?

I'm going to have to wait until we go to Sheperd's Dene to film my other shots but in the meantime I would like to go back to Hardwick Hall to film some of these shots again. This is because of the snow and the continuity issue I'll have later on if I don't film some shots without the snowy scenes. I will also be filming some blood on a wall if I can and practice some more shots with the lighting adjusted. I still need to film shots of eyes and hands but this is where I would like to play around with the lighting.