problems with filming

there were many problems faced in filming and these were de to many different things

1. conditions. there were many days when we were unable to film due to poor weather conditions. also the amount of time with the same amount of light in a day is relativley short and if using natural lighting in a movie you must make sure that you keep trak of it. this was a big problem in the first draft of our film when we filmed in the afternoon and it got progresivley darker. 

2. equipment. there were many problems with the equipment. this was the most problematic subject of the entire production. this was not explicitaly something wrong with the equipment themsleves but rather there were times that we were unable to use it due to our own lack of knowlegde though these particular problems only daunted us towards the beggining of the project. lac of a dolly made the chase scene difficult to achieve and camera's themselves must be kept in good conditions and handled carefully. 

3. crew and cast. it is difficult to schedule people at the best of times and when they already have schedules for school (all of which ar different timetables) it becomes extremely unweildy. furthermore there are certain natural human reactions that made filming somewhat diffucult. in a shot where our lead actress runs down some stairs she naturaly reaches for the banister which takes away from the extreme and rushed look we were trying to achieve, though this was remedied by the "try and try again" method. 

4. editing. the fact that we need to transfer the film from one computer to another as one solid clip rather than as numerous small clips that form the movie makes it not so much difficult as it is leignthy to edit the film should we realise during sound editing that there is a poblem we must go back to the original computer to edit it. 

5. filming. the problems with filming were realy a compilation of weater conditions and equipment problems. if one piece of equipment is missing or not working properly it is very hazardous to the film. on one occasion we were unable to secure a tripod and it was clear when uploading the footage just how shaky the camera was. 

6. planning. i have already mentioned the problems of planing with the crew and difficultys with the weather and light but also there were problems with the amount of time allowed access to the schools camera and tripod as well as he computers we required for editing. also storyboards with lackluster imagination were sometimes hacked apart during filming. this it must be admitted actualy lead us to have a better film but that was blind luck more so than anythign else.