Filming:
Our film was recorded at the Vue car park in Altrincham, we choose this scene due to looking like a stereotypical hostage scene form a spy film with its dull/gloomy lighting and echo atmosphere. It involved me Josh and Jack R being in it and Jack D recording the majority of it as well as being a by stander. There were a few issues.
The first being it being in a public place so it took a few takes due to background noise of cars and people. Not only this it affected some shots due to cars coming and going. This shouldn't be a huge problem as it doesn't affect the narrative as long as everyone stays in potion.
Another was the tripod. It wasn't very steady and caused some shots to be slightly tilted this led to some scenes being recorded hand held as it would look better. This was a bit of an issue as some shots are tilted and not very steady not looking the way we wanted to.
However, We mad ensure everyone got a go in filming when not in a scene so everyone had equal amounts of footage as well as show qualities in recording. This is displayed in the Shot List table specific to who recorded what. Not just filming but when preparing for the shot I made sure people would do the correct actions by reminding them of what emotion to display, dialogue, positions and camera shot as well as movement.
Re-filming:
The errors we encountered in the first filming was scraped and new footage was used for everything as it didn't work together. All the issues we did come across were improved as it didn't look professional and didn't match the image we expected.
It involved us taking more shots to allow us to choose a selection of shots that would suit our narrative. We used to tripods this time and two camera to make are shots continuity better. This is seen in the scene where i walk to the hostage scene.
We used more camera movements this time. I did this in the first scene when Josh is keeping Jack R hostage with a tracking movement and a pan movement too.
I also instructed the actors and camera operator during this. I told them what to do and when. For, example telling an actor their lines as well as there emotions and body language. Also, for the camera operator i told them where to stand as well as what movement, who to focus on and what shot type and angle.
We used natural lighting as it would reflect as it was dark and gloomy already giving the audience something to question about where the hostage is and create a tense scene like a hostage would be in real life.
We kept the same costumes as it reflected are characters. Me wearing a suit showing my importance and authority in the scene. Jack R, Jack D and Josh wore casual clothes in order to reflect on the narrative. Jack R being kept hostage so he was taken unexpectedly, Josh being called up to keep any eye and is lower than me and Jack D being a bystander.
Overall, it was a success due to use gaining the right outcome of shots and it working being continuous from shot to shot and of better quality and quantity.
