Today was the first day of our shoot for our final project. I think it went very well as we had minimal problems on location, and we came up with solutions to any issues we had.
We managed to keep to our schedule and not over run and we also managed to get everything filmed that day that we wanted to get before the second day of shooting. Also the actresses were very professional and were happy to do anything that we asked them to, which was very helpful seeing as we were on a tight schedule.
One of the first problems we had was that not all of our group could attend the shoot due to an emergency. However, this was not much of a problem as the person who could not be there was an editor so it was not imperative that they were present for the shoot.
Another issue that arose was that the battery on the camera ran out as we were filming, which obviously was a major problem as we did not have any spares and without the camera we could not go ahead with the shoot. To overcome this issue we put the camera battery on charge as we were setting up the rest of the equipment for the next scene. We also allowed the actors to go through their script and practice the scene whilst the battery was on charge. To make sure that this does not happen on the next shoot, we will put the battery on charge during the break we have scheduled. In hindsight, it would have been wise to get another battery before we started shooting, however due to the fact that the camera we were using was not from stores, we had no way to get another battery.
Overall I was very happy with how the first shoot went today and I was really impressed with how professional both the actors and crew behaved on shoot. This allowed us to complete the shoot on time and with very few minor problems.
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