Review of filming the 1st episode

Before we could start filming, we had to set up the room which did not take too long as all we had to do was to move the tables into more of a classroom set up, and by this i mean to place them in rooms in stead of in bunches as they were before we moved them, as this looks more formal and much like a detention room.

When we got round to actually filming the 1st episode, we decided as a group that at the start of the filming that we would film the opening sequence first, so that was done so we could place it at the start of the episode. Once the opening sequence was filmed and completed, I set to work on organising the cast, But I soon realised that Mike would be best at placing the cast in their correct places as he has a clear image of what he wants the webisode to look like, so I decided to ask him to place the people into the correct places within the class room.

Once all the characters where in their places I set to work on directing tim (camera) as to what he had to film, and I asked Mike to remind the characters what their lines where and what it was they had to say etc, but unfortunatly I soon realised that the story board was not in the correct order so I quickly had to organise that back into order, and while I was doing this Mike & Tara took on the role of director and directed the filming for me as I was busy sorting out the story board, as I belived without the story board as a guidline the filming would be increasingly difficult to proceed with and do, but considering the story board was in the wrong order we still managed to stick with it very and the team worked well together which I am proud of.

When the filming started we 1st thought we only had an hour to film (4.10 - 5.10) But Nick (teacher) came in to inform us that we had a time extension due to the fact that we were slightly behind scedule, mainly because we were organising the chracters and making sure they knew their lines etc.

While the filming was going on I set Tara & Matt the task of taking photos during the filming of the 1st episode, for us to place on our marketing sites (facebook, myspace, etc).

Once the filming was complete, we had managed to complete the 1st episode, orthough it was a bit rushed and dis-organised I believe we done the best we possibly could in the time that we had available.

Overall I belive that the filming went well, but with my input it could of gone a lot smoother and my personal sense of achievement would of been greater, but due to my own lack of involvement meant that the group was a bit confused, much like I was. I believe that another factor that effected my own personal performance is that it was shot at the end of the day which meant I was not in the correct mind set to direct and was tierd from the day at college. If I have the chance to direct the next video shoot, I wil aim to be more involved and ensure that everyone in my group knows exactly what is going on before the shoot happens, I was rushing to get the paper work organised while the shoot was happening because there was not enough time before the shoot in order to organise our paper work such as (story boards etc) and also it would of been a great help if we had a 20 minute rehersal session before the shoot or even just for us a group to look over the script and story board so we knew what we had to do during the shoot, but it is down to me why it was slightly dis-organised so I belive I will try even harder to organise time, tasks, and material alot better before the shoot / activity / lesson.

Shown below are some photos of todays shoot (Taken by me, Tara, & Matt)

In this photo you can see Sam & Matt setting up to film the opening sequence



In this photo you can see two of the characters waiting to be filmed for the 1st episode (Tom & JJ)



In this photo you can see Tim filming a scene in the 1st episode



In this photo you can see me, Tim and Sam In this photo I am organising the story boards / shot lists, Tim is setting the camera up for the next scene, and Sam is checking the sound levels.



In this photo you can see Tim, Mike, Myself, and Elliot (Character). having a discussion of what to do for the next shot



In this photo you can see Mike, Tim, Tara, Grant, and Catherine, who are setting up for the next shot



In this photo you can see the folder of our story boards, and other paper work which we used on the shoot. Also you can see the prop packaging (Shirts) which Tim purchased for each character to ware within the webisode.