Post 9: Production

Whilst we were making our opening we had a couple of problems. We started off with filming the scenes with Carlson leaving for work. The very first problem that came up was that we were missing a prop, it being the suitcase that Carlson is supposed to put his documents in. Here we realised that we were in fact missing it and that we hadn't checked before hoof to see if any one actually owns one. This meant that we ended up going for a laptop bag which whilst working, it didn't have the same effect as the leather briefcase would have done with the number combination clasp that is conventional in spy thrillers. From this we learnt that it is very important to have all props accounted for before we start filming as it can lead to time being wasted during the time we are supposed to be filming.

Another problem that we came across later on was that when we came to film the terrorist scenes, we had misplaced our script somewhere along the way. This meant that we weren't able to shoot the dialogue scenes that day, when we wanted to get it all filmed at once.
To get around this we organised the same ponies to come back a week later so that we could re-write our original script and film the missing scenes. Here we encountered another problem because we had to compromise our original storyboard and miss the last couple shots due to us not being able to get hold of a van or even a car in such short notice. This meant that we also had to change parts of our original script in which they would talk about how they had changed the plates and how it was parked outside. Instead of using these lines we chose to not mention any vehicle and instead leave it open. I feel that this did work but at the same time it would have added to the mise-en-scene to have a van or at least a car in some of these shots.


One other problem that we encountered when we were filming inside the garage was that it didn't have any power outlets, this meant that we couldn't use any artificial lighting. Having artificial lighting inside the garage, especially towards the back would have been very useful because our shots were all very dark meaning that we would have to try to enhance them in post production, making them look less natural than they otherwise would and also possibly compromising the video quality.

One thing that went well with our filming was that we didn't have to retake many shots. There was a couple mistakes such as Joel (The terrorist wearing the balaclava) dropping the guns magazine and also a couple of framing mistakes here and there but over all we didn't have too much excess footage that we have to sift through. This means that we are able to save a lot of time when it comes to editing because we wont have to choose which shots are better than others and edit the wrong shots out.

Overall i feel that while we did have a few problems and revisions but i feel that we dealt with them successfully and still got what we needed to a good level of quality and polish.