Claudia, Emma and I began by discussing ideas and writing a brief list of shots, locations and a very loose storyline. We also drew very rough drawings of the first few shots of our scene. This proved to be very useful as it meant we knew where and what we had to film, but not necessarily what order yet.
On the first day of filming we had a issues with the camera, with Claudia not actually recording our film due to misleading instructions on the camera. We figured out that the camera was in fact a lot easier to use than we assumed, and we did not have this problem again.
On the second day we tried to use sound but with only a DAR and not a boom mic. The sound that we were trying to capture (footsteps) was too difficult to capture as we were outside and it was too windy. We then decided that we would record an inside scene with audio instead, in order to get a clear sound.
By the third day we had managed to film a range of different shots (close ups, wide shots, tracking shots, pans) in various locations (both inside and out). Once we had got the tripod set up, the filming was much quicker and went a lot smoother than I had anticipated, especially compared to the first day.
On the fourth and final day of filming we simply filmed all the shots that we had not yet recorded, which took almost no time at all as by this time we were confident in what we were doing.
After filming The Package, I have learnt that keeping the SD card safe is obviously very important, as well as using the same camera as different models have different settings etc. I have also discovered that is is very useful to get into the routine of counting down from three after pressing record, and doing so again after your desired shot has been filmed. This makes it a lot easier for editing footage as it gives leeway on either side of the shot.
I know that I will also have to experiment further with the sound equipment as we did not use audio that much in this piece of film.
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