Filming my project

Action shot!

 On Tuesday, I completed the bulk of my filming and overall, I am very happy with how it went. After college, I met with my actors and a couple of others who were helping out with sound, reflectors, etc. and we walked over to the location. We started filming at around 4:30pm and finished around 7:30pm. When we arrived at the location, an immediate problem which I noticed was that some construction work which had begun since I had recced the location, creating a lot of background noise. As there was not much I could do about this I decided just to proceed with filming and that, if necessary, I could dub the dialogue later. Having now reviewed the footage, I think that ADR may be necessary as, although the dialogue is clearly audible and sounds fine by itself, the background noise changes and goes on and off between takes.

I divided my time into three hours, spending the first hour filming the dialogue scene, the second hour filming the opening chase and the third hour (after sunset) filming the end scene. I managed to stick to schedule very well and managed to get all the shots I wanted in the three hours without having to rush too much, so hopefully no re-shoots will be required. I was very pleased with the performances which my actors gave, and I didn't have to give them much direction at all. They also worked very hard for the chase scene and were willing to do lots of running. Two shots which I was especially pleased with were a pair of lateral tracking shots which I filmed from a moving car of each of the characters running, as I had been sceptical about whether this would turn out as I envisioned it.

I will now begin to edit the footage and see how long it is, before deciding whether to film a flashback and/or a later scene, depending on how much time I need to make up.