Research and Planning: Shooting

Shooting, equipment, health & safety, script and story board.

The Equipment we are using to shoot our short film is a small HD camera with a tripod. We will only be using light that is in the locations and natural light, to make an effective real-life atmosphere, we also do not need to worry about microphones as there is no dialogue and the whole film is taken up by an over the top soundtrack, so no sound from the actual shooting is heard at all.

While out and about filming, we have to think about the organisation of the equipment, we have camera bags to protect the expensive camera from rain, or any other weather conditions that might damage it, but this is also to prevent the risk of theft as it will be on the person who is filming at all times.

A key aspect of filming is to ensure that our camera has battery and we are filming on the right format for future editing. The camera will be charged at regular intervals to ensure that we get continuity and dont miss out on anything if the camera were to run out of battery. This will be hardest when filming on the tube, do to lack of time and place to recharge, so we will have to ensure to do it quickly and afficiently.

Other equipment that is important is that of costume and props, this is also important to look after and not loose. In our short film we will be using lots of different costumes throughout to represent different times of the year and day, which will be on the actors all the time. Props consist of work bags, umbrellas, coats, scarfs, newspapers, books and coffee cups, which are normal things that will be used with care and safety and not affect the public around us.

For us, especially, we have a huge strain on us for pemission to film on the tube, we contacted the TFL and enquired about this. The rest of our short film is done in our own homes or on the street of london, where will we ensure all of the above health & safety regulations.

The script and story-board was layed out and constructed before to give us a clear idea of what we were shooting and to put together our story. The shooting schedule, shot list and call sheet are equally important to ensure that we keep to our time managment and get the film done quickly and on-point. We have constructed all these. (see below)