Evaluation
Over the production process I had 3 separate roles as I was
involved in 3 films; in The Spider and
the Fly I was the production coordinator, in The Incident I was the sound recordist and in Luggage in Limbo I was the director.
My role in The Spider and the Fly was what I originally applied for as I enjoy
and find strength in my ability when completely the pre-production paperwork. I
worked closely with the director to ensure that the file was complete and had
everything necessary for filming – storyboards, shot lists, artist release
forms, shooting script. On set it was my job to ensure that the director had
everything they needed and wanted so that filming could take place with little
problems; I worked as a runner when needed and a different opinion for shots
when the director asked. I was also the script supervisor therefore I had to
look for inconsistencies and continuity when filming, during pre-production
this involved sorting out the outfits that would be needed for each shoot day
and whether they would be needed again, we shot scenes in terms of location as
opposed to when they are shown in the film. This caused to be a little
confusing at first due to the film showing a period of time passing but myself
and the director organised this. The most important and helpful piece of
pre-production was the call schedule which I completed to detail what would be
shot on which day and where, this kept the crew and cast right on what was
happening. During filming, I did not suffer many problems, one being I was
unable to attend a shoot due to transport issues however I kindly asked the
Assistant Director (Matthew) if he would take over my responsibilities for the
night, which I explained to him in detail before the shoot and used FaceTime
during the shoot to help the director during some shots as shadowing was an
issue they were faced with and needed to talk about how they could still get
the shots they needed. I was very happy about how I conducted myself during
this shoot, however I feel like on some days I could’ve done more as I felt
like I was standing around waiting to given instructions, especially during the
scenes that were shot in the bedroom where space was limited. I would
definitely do this role again, but do the paperwork in more depth such as
looking into budgeting and other things that we did not look into during this
production. I thoroughly enjoyed this production, I believe as a team we worked
well together, there were some problems between the Director of Photography
(Taylor) and the director (Danniella) due to the shots that were filmed and a
lot of them being unclear/unfocussed or having other problems. However we did
not suffer many other issues as a team and worked together during
pre-production and on-set well, doing our jobs and helping each other when
needed. I would happily work with the same director and crew again, especially
after what we have learned during this shoot.
My role in The Incident was something I originally
was not looking forward to doing but was welcoming the experience it would give
me; my first thought when I was given the role was “how can I hold the boom,
I’m tiny” however I soon learnt that the boom pole is extendable and can be
very long so the only problem with me was arms getting tired at times, but this
happened to everyone. I worked very closely with the DOP (Matty Dickens) during
the shoot ensuring that neither of us were seen in mirrors or as shadows as
well as making sure the boom wasn’t in shot but still picked up the dialogue –
there was lots of background noise in this film, noise that was filmed during
the scene as opposed to being put in during post-production, therefore ensuring
the dialogue could be heard was very important. As part of being the sound
recordist I helped find some backing music for film, I sat with the director
for a while listening to tracks trying to find something that would best suit
the scene and that was copyright free, I suggested different sites for him to
look at that included copyright free music, some more useful than others. We
worked very well together, and although holding the boom pole was not my
favourite job I enjoyed working with Matty – he was pretty amazing with the
shots and how he conducted the night, knowing exactly how each shot should be.
As a team, I believe we worked very together and overcome the problems we were
faced with as well as possible – most were due to being behind schedule on one
shoot and working with the large number of extras.
Being the director for my
screenplay Luggage in Limbo was
possibly the best filming experience I have ever had (so far); I thoroughly
enjoyed doing this, surprising myself as I was very nervous originally. I had a
lot of pre-production paperwork to complete which I didn’t mind doing as I knew
what had to be done and how it related to my film. The main piece was organising
and securing a location, I emailed the local airport asking to use their space
and went from there, I scheduled a recce and as a team we agreed on the room and
basic set. I like to know that things are done therefore enjoyed doing the paperwork,
delegating when appropriate – camera plans and storyboards to the DOP (Harvey).
We auditioned for my film as a team and although I had overall say I welcomed
the advice and comments from the others. I worked very well and very closely
with Harvey throughout the whole production process, I loved working with Harvey
and he did amazing in his role. We worked together on a shot list and talked constantly
during pre-production about how I wanted things to look and what he thought the
shots would be and where they would be best from. The most important and
beneficial piece of pre-production paperwork I found was the shooting script I created,
this consisted of the script with the camera shots accompanying the relevant
lines of dialogue and any directions I wanted the characters to do, I used this
script throughout the day, it helped me give lines to the actors when they
needed prompts as well as knowing where we would be starting from on a shot.
This made the day easier as all the information I needed was on one piece of
paper. On set, Harvey was great; the AD (Danniella) counted down and yelled
action when filming and offered advice and another set of eyes when we set up
shots, she mainly focussed on continuity as the actors had to repeat actions
when we repeated shots therefore it was important that the actors started the
scene the same way. Matthew acted as an extra when needed, to be in the background
of a shot so that the empty room we were filming in looked less empty he also
was in charge of communication with the actors before the shoot. Taylor worked
reasonably well with myself and Harvey moving with the camera when needed and
asking to make sure the boom was not in shot. I am very happy with the work I have
done and know that I would not have achieved what I have without the team I had.
We worked well and had an enjoyable and learning experience, I would work with
them again however would welcome the opportunity to work with others in the class.
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