Filming Schedule- Miss Georgiou

Filming Schedule

It is essential to make a filming schedule before going out and filming our opening sequence as this guarantees the fact that we have organised times which are reasonable and achievable. A filming schedule also helps work out the times and how long we should take the record a particular part and helps us. For instance on the off chance that we needed to film a scene with appropriate day time lighting going out in the evening is not suitable to our filming and a filming schedule would helps us notice that and figure it out. A filming schedule also shows the roles everybody in the group has and shows that everybody has a set calendar to look at which would make filming much easier and would help much more in making a creative opening thriller sequence with no hassle or confusion involved.

Me and my group followed the vast majority of our filming schedule. By following the filming schedule meant that we had the correct group member on set for when they were needed and also meant that the equipment used were the correct ones. The schedule also made sure that we used the correct shots and used the iconography well to make sure it was most effective. The only issue that we came across when filming was that sometimes the filming date and time had to change as emergency matters had come up for some group members which they couldn't cancel. This meant that we could not get the filming completed on the set days we were hoping to have done them by. Therefore  instead of having a close-knit schedule we could of spread the filming days over a couple of days so we could have more time to do the same scenes another day if we had to miss a day out or if someone in the group could not attend that day. Aside from this error everything else ran easily and the filming schedule made the process much quicker, easier and flexible which meant everyone was happy and knew what to do when and where without stress, confusion or any problems.

As a group we followed most of the filming schedule however made changes. A huge change we made was the location as it was meant to be filmed in an isolated house however we changed it to film in the West Hatch drama studio as it was easier to access and it looked scarier and more thrilling than we would of made a bedroom. Another change we made was the fact that we did not film the shots in the dark as we were meant to for it to look conventional but we added in some lighting so that it looks more realistic and the audience can see the characters c=more clearly and work out what is happening even better. We changed a main shot which was the zooming in on the iconography used in the killings and we changed this because when editing it did not flow properly and we could not get the angles to match up so the scene did not flow or could not be edited well to flow. Some scenes needed more of a spotlight for some shots such as reaction shot to make the audience see the characters facial expressions better and more clearly but we also changed the times as we were meant to film it all in the dark at night time but we filmed some during the day for natural lighting that we later edited a bit to make it look more thrilling. 

To conclude,  from this post I learnt that the role of a filming schedule is very helpful as it sets a basic plan to let you know what to do, when to do it and where to do it but can not always be followed due to many different circumstances such as; weather conditions, lighting not being good and people not being able to film at the certain time. It is also helpful as it means that everything is organised which means no time will be wasted as it is all planned to near perfection.