Group - Production Log Wilderness Woods

What we learnt from the filming experience and ideas we can implement into our main production

• We learnt how use a location to create different camera techniques. For example we used the slant of the hill to create a unique uphill panning shot using the tracks. This is somewhat innovative and could definitely be used in our main production for originality purposes.
• Having to film around other people often proved challenging. Obviously having other people in the background that weren't characters would break audience immersion, so we needed to wait for them to move or we had to film another shot with an angle and position that would exclude them from the frame. For the main production, it is important to choose a location which would have little to no people in the area. Our idea of filming in a church would certainly be a solution.
• One of the most significant things we learnt was time management when filming. Filming often takes considerably longer than is expected, and the more technically impressive a shot, the longer it takes. The tracking shot on the hill using the track took the longer to set up and perfect than any of the other shots.

Techniques that worked and techniques that didn't

• The tracking shot up the hill using the track worked fairly well. The camera was a little shaky because of the uneven ground but the length of the shot was good.
• There low angle shot with a tree stump obscuring the right hand side of the frame was effective as the twisted shape of the tree stump and the angle was good at implying threat
• Pulling back the camera while zooming in to change the perspective didn't work. It's difficult to balance the speed of the zoom with the movement of the camera.
• Harry's fall didn't work well because we didn't have crash mats that would allow him to fall in a believable way.
• Shaking the tree branches to create an ominous effect largely didn't work because we didn't have enough people to surround the camera with moving branches.