Shoot Day

For the shoot day I was stranded in South Africa with an e.coli related illness so I was forced to miss it which I was devistated about. I was able to face time the group which made me feel more included and they all took loads of pictures to document the day which helped make me feel like I was progressing through the day with them. 

We did however plan the shoot day before I went to South Africa and it looked like this:

March 3rd

9am: arrive at Beatrice Webb boarding house, set up the fort in the common room - cast needed: Saskia and Gracie

10am - 12:30pm: Film the romantic scenes in the fort

12:30 - 1:30pm: lunch

1:30: set up for exorcism - places crosses around, ensure bed is in correct position etc

2:00pm: film exorcism scenes

Aim to finish before or by 6pm

We all stayed in contact throughout the whole day and the group were sending me updates about what was going on. Mia told us that she made the fort the night before so that all that needed to be done was positioning and adding the details such as fairy lights etc. This made the day run more smoothly with one less thing to worry about.

From the footage that I saw when I got back and from the many photos I had recieved I think we were able to capture our image that we wanted quite successfully. Bea told me that they finished ahead of schedule and had time to take more unplanned experimental shots so we had more material to edit with so I take it that things went well with little issues.

I decided that I would focus my contribution in the editing stage and do as much as I could there which I hope my group felt that I achieve this. From what I could see I think my gorup worked very well together as they were so efficient. I learned that when filming it is possible to incorporate people who aren't even in the country! And that the preparation is vital because me not being able to be there was an unexpected hurdle and so my group will have relied heavily on the previous planning we had done.

The technology/hardware they used included:

Black Magic 4K mini Ursa camera with a DZO film pictor zoom lens of 20mm-55mm and 50mm-125mm. It had a Lexar Pro memory card and they used a Viten tripod. They decided not to use the Sennheiser Shotgun mic because everything was inside so it was possible to get the set silent ready to film.

Below are some of the many pictures and videos my group took - they appeared to have lots of fun and I am so sad to have missed it but I know that I will get other opportunities in the future.