Story-telling Unit: Filming Reflection for Shoot 2.

So today was the day of shoot 2. Due to hannah having commitments with Take Me Out we had to film on Friday. At first I was incredibly stressed about this because I thought this meant I couldn't reshoot at all as the camera was due back Thursday, but after speaking to Simon and a few other students I decided to shoot first thing on Friday morning, take the camera back the same day and then finish my editing. So after picking up Hannah we got down to buisness. This time Hannah and myself filmed each other's scenes and my housemate filmed the panning shot of us both together. We worked well together and were able to get the shots perfected in a couple of takes each.
I understand the nature of the whole business a lot more now from this experience. Things happen all the times and production can change at the last minute and problems occur all the time. Instead of giving up when things get tough you have to work around them and put the effort in to sort it out if you want the best results.
I'm also really proud of myself because I spent a lot of time trying out shots with the camera and trying out the different buttons on the camera I was able to change the white balance every time the light changed to keep the shots of a similar colour. On my previous shoot this was a nightmare and now I can fix it. I learnt this on Sophie's shoot and I'm so grateful for her and Roxanne for  teaching me because it's going to be so useful. I also surprised myself as I'm starting to really enjoy the camera work. Thinking about shots and angles and cinematography.  Even in the cinema I'm watching films and thinking 'wow that shot is amazing' and making mental notes. I never considered camera work as a career before and I know there is so much more to learn but I'm really excited.
I'm really happy with the shots we got and I'm over the moon with the panning shot and I think I'll be able to get the whole thing to flow a lot better now.

Now to get the final edit done!

Stay safe,

Helen