Evaluation Of Filming

Alltogether i thought both the preperation for the filming and the actual filming itself went really well.
As preperation we had many meetings and lessons as a group to discuss the day of filming and make sure all the shot lot, storyboard and designs were all ready. We constantly updated each other on what we had achieved or what was progressing. Max had all the storyboard and the shot list ready for the day of filming, and Chelsea had produced all the designs and everything so i thought we were really prepared for the day.
Everything went really on the actual day, all the group arrived on time and so did the band members. Setting up the stage and cameras was really easy and we all knew what to do. So when it came to start filming we were all prepared, the actual filming of the shoot went really smoothly. I thought the communication between the group and the band was well managed.

20th January

I organised for us all to have a group meeting to disucss what we needed to do and what was going to happen on the day of filming. I asked everyone to meet in our sixth form common room at 9:15. Chelsea and Max arrived on time but there was no sign on Zoe. We knew Zoe was in school becuase i saw her earlier that morning. She said to the group two days before when i organised the meeting that she did have a lesson first thing on the thursday morning but would be able to miss 15 minutes at the begining of the lesson to attend the meeting. As fas as i was concerned there was no problem with her teacher with that so i thought she would attend. We waited 5 minutes to see if she was coming but unfortunatly she didnt come, so we carried on with the meeting and filled Zoe later that day. We discussed Max's storyboard and the shot list he produced, i handed out the production schedule to Max and Chelsea, and we all looked over it. This meeting lasted 20 minutes and i found it very usefull.

Day Of Filming

Everyone arrived on time for the shoot. Which was specified on the production schedule, i arrived at an earlier time of 12:00pm to help the previous group out with their filming. When i arrived they had already finished and the band members were just leaving to go to Spice Land down 10 minutes away. I wasnt to sure what to do then as our teacher wasn't there either. When all the other members arrived at 1pm we all helped each other to set up cameras and the stage. Chelsea wasn't keen on all the loose wires from the microphones which we all agreed with so we changed the look of that and moved some equiptment around. Max then ran through the shot list and the storyboard with me, Chelsea and Zoe so we all knew what was going on. This showed very good communication skills in my opinion. The Lead singer arrived at 2pm with her son, we all indtrocuded ourselves and chelsea ran through the look she wanted with the lead singers. She then discussed dresses with her and how they were to appear. After numerous amounts of discussion between the group about the filming, the band them arrived at 2:30pm. They got changed into their chosen clothes which where a black shirt and black trousers. They all were rehearsing different songs to prepare for our shoot. At 3:00pm the other two girls who were singers arrived. We could then finally get on with our shoot at the allocated time. Max then ran through the storyboard and the shot list with the band members and singers before we began. Whilst he was doing this me and Zoe were discussing different filming shots and how we were going to film them. Connor helped us move things around to stand the cameras on aswell. Once we started filming i thought it ran very smoothly we filmed a lot of times all filming from different angles and positions and Max had asked us to do.
I think the whole day ran very smoothly, and i am very proud of my group.

Production Schedule

As producer i produced a production schedule for all the members of the group and our teacher. Inside the procution schedule was a list of all our contact details, numbers and emails of all the band members and all our group and our teachers. Also i included all the emergancy numbers in Sawtry, Peterborough and Huntingdon, Fire Stations and Police Stations. I concluded a risk assessment in the production schedule warning everyone of the loose wires and fire exits and how we will overcome them. I also located the venue with directions and a description of the hall its self. I then allacoted a specific time for the members of our group to arrive at the hall in preperation for filming. I asked everyone to arrive for 1pm on Sunday the 23rd January so we could set up the stage and the cameras for 2 hours and then start filming at 3pm till 6pm. I printed out and gave a production schedule to every member.