On our filming day Lauren, Ewan and I were filming down at Fort Richmond. It was a great location and we had managed to gain access to the inside of the Fort. As soon as we gained access to the inside of the fort we got given a health and safety tour of the premises, and after that were all set to go and started to film. We had two hours in total to get all of the shot that we needed from inside the Fort. We took some fantastic shots from the rooftop that showed off the remote location. Overall it was an insightful and fun day that went very well and produced great footage.

Highpoints of the day were:

  • Crashing the drone into bush. Although it was not the cheapest piece of equipment when we managed to lose the drone due to winds, it bonded the group and made the day far more enjoyable for all of us.
  • Another highpoint of the day would be having access to the fort. After many phone calls we managed to gain access to the inside of the fort and it was an incredible location. Its run down rustic look was incredible and just what we needed.
  • A further highpoint of the day would be setting out the killers murder wall. Setting this out was fun and added to the mise-en-scene of our location greatly. It also added to the personality of our antagonist.

Lowpoints of the day were:

  • We were rather disorganized in the way that we filmed as we had not seen our filming location before. We knew the story line that we were going to follow but not where everything was going to take place because we only had access to  the fort on our filming day and only for a short amount of time.
  • We should have taken some extra shots in case we ended up needing them. Luckily we do not need anymore shots for our editing but we still should have filmed each shot more than once and had some backup shots just as a safety net in case something didn’t quite work.
  • A further point is that we could have filmed a low angle shot of the antagonist to make her seem more empowering.

For future filming:

  • Checking out the location before hand and setting out where each thing can go would be a good idea. This will allow the filming to run a lot smoother and faster.
  • Also making sure that we fully know who to use equipment before using it. For example, we flew the drone well but failed to check whether there was wind further up. This resulted in us losing the drone.
  • Have a shot list with us so that we can follow it and have a far more productive and efficient filming day.

This is us filming:

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These are some of the shots that we took that turned out really well:

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