Problems with filming so far... - Laura

Here is a prezi showing all of the problems we have encountered whilst filming so far... http://prezi.com/jpv_5xnkpew0/filming-problems/?kw=view-jpv_5xnkpew0&rc=ref-26484195

Another problem we faced was during the flashback scene between Sam and Amy. We had to fold the LCD screen into the camera so that we could move it as if from Sam's point of view without having it reflect in the photo frame. This caused some issues for us, as we are able to see here. We were unable to see exactly where the camera was pointing so we ended up with a shot of the room rather than a shot of the photo frame. However, this ended up being quite useful as we realised that our equipment was visible in the frame of the rest of our shots.

When reviewing our footage so far, today, we noticed a few more problems. Two of which are errors that cannot be changed, so we will either have to reshoot or crop the image. Firstly, when doing a tracking shot of Sam walking to his car, we were so concerned about people being in the background that we actually left the tripod, which we weren't using as part of handheld tracking, in the shot. Sam actually walks past it at one point, so we're not quite sure how no one realised it! Luckily it wasn't in the whole of the frame so it can easily be cropped, or if we get time we will reshoot, next time making sure our equipment is entirely out of view. Secondly, we were using our actor who play's Sam, Mark's car. In his car there are two small license plates that say 'Mark', now we remembered to take the one in the rear window out as we started with the shots of the back of the car. However, there is still one in the back of the car. We assumed this would be alright as you only see the front of the car, yet there is one shot we had where Sam was driving, so we can see over his shouldher into the back, where the plate comes into the frame. This only happened in one part of the shot so we can always cut the shot down, or we can always crop or reshoot. This is most definitely unuseable though as it completely contradicts the identity of our main character.