TH Reflection on Shoot 2

For our second shoot we filmed at my house, in particular my bedroom and garden. The only character present was myself, with Dan filming everything bar one or two shots such as the POV shot of me picking up a photo.
Filming in the afternoon/evening provided us with similar lighting to that in the performance section of the video. This was important because we want the two separate lines of action to connote they take place in different time periods (the performance in the present and the narrative in the past).
This shoot only involved using the camera, tripod and track and dolly. My two guitars were already at home, as were some other props used, so this made time management easier.

My role during the second shoot was almost identical to that in the first shoot. As the protagonist, I am present in a considerable amount of the shots during the narrative. I did help with logistics, such as setting up the locations, directing, and working on cinematography in the locations we filmed in.

The storyboard was more important in this shoot than it was in the first, because the narrative is quite a linear sequence of events, in a continuity sequence. This is unlike the performance shoot where we filmed random shots to form the montage sequence at the theatre. Very few changes were made to the shot list for this reason.

My favourite shot has got to be the tracking shot that moves from outside my bedroom to inside it, showing the protagonist on the bed. This establishing shot is the first we see of the location and for this reason I think it compliments our video a great deal, looking very professional.
I also like the high angle shot in the garden of the protagonist sitting down on the bench.

I think the least successful shot was probably the shot in my room where I was practicing the guitar. It is not very important and does not exhibit any special filming techniques. The most problematic shot was the tracking shot outside where there was not a lot of light and not a lot of room to film, so the tracking appears quite slow; we may not have room in the video to incorporate it. 

There were not many other challenges. One thing that we did have to deal with though was the track and dolly. Last year this was our biggest set-back and it has been difficult to master again this year. This time, the track would not fit in my bedroom door; the space was too narrow so both wheels could not fit between. We overcame this through unscrewing one of the wheels off and laying the dolly on the track. It allowed us to track through the door and, perhaps more importantly, it actually provided us with a smoother shot.

We did not intend on taking any photos for our digipak during this shoot and in the end did not need to, we have a few photos from the first shoot and will most likely take some more in the coming weeks.

We had initially planned to embark on two shoots. These have taken place, and we certainly have more than enough footage to work with. We may have to go on one more shoot at the theatre if some footage is not as good as planned, whether that be because of lighting problems or not enough close-ups, we will conclude upon during editing. The only task outstanding at present is to collect a number of photos for the digipak. First and foremost however, we will begin editing.