Once we had the film planned out, we next had to start filming. This was somewhat challenging as it took a lot of organisation to get the area we needed for the filming, along with the needed people. For this task we found it easier to use ourselves as the actors, as it meant we would have greater control over the video and would have less risk of an actor not being able to show. The main issues we had with the camera was learning the best way to use the camera. None of us had much knowledge on the actual practical use of professional filming, which meant we first had to find to best ways to shoot, the best angles and then a few practise videos just to get the idea of how we do it.
The first shoot itself had a few minor bumps, delays to charging of equipment, finding a suitable tripod. Once the filming got started we had learnt what we needed and how we could get the shots we wanted. We had to repeat parts of the shoot because the actors needed time to get serious and avoid bursts of laughter which come with nervousness. We had a few of these moments however by the end of it we had the shots we needed.
The most interesting shot we used with the film was the match on action shot that we implemented. We found that the shot itself was rather interesting as it added a certain depth to our video to make it seem more dramatic.
The editing was were I felt most comfortable as I had previous knowledge of using Adobe Premier making it easier for us to proceed and opened up more editing options. After teaching the rest of the group the basics of editing we managed to produce the edited clip with the footage. We added in effects for transitions and endings to make the video look more professional and better suit a films style.
