FILM SCHEDULE - Miss Georgiou

Film schedule

·       Why is a filming schedule important to have?

·       Did you follow the schedule while filming, or did you make any changes?

·       Include your filming schedule

A filming schedule is important to have as it allows me and my group to plan before we start filming and ensure we have all the necessary equipment ready, for example a camera fully charged or the planning for that specific scene.

A a filming schedule is also important as it helps me and my group to meet deadlines of when we need to have filmed a certain scene, this helps with the editing phase as we will not be behind with work, and means we can put a lot of time and effort into our work.

 A filming schedule meant that we planned to film on 5 days overall, these would not be full days but would ensure that it would be roughly about 2-3 hours on each day. This amount of time meant that we could film before it got dark and meant we had enough time to film each scene properly without rushing. 

We originally began filming with sticking to our filming schedule. The first scene that we shot was of the two girls walking out of the house taking their dog out for a evening walk. This night we also shot the scenes of the girls entering the forest, and also of the antagonist walking into the forest. However, once we reviewed the scenes we realized quickly that they were too dark and needed to be re filmed. At this point we had already not followed our filming schedule precisely. 

Although the weather started to affect our filming and meant it was hard to film in the times that we wanted to. During this time we decided to film inside the scenes were the antagonists sets alight the pictures of the protagonists. This was originally meant to be filmed last, but we changed the order as this time was more suitable and convenient and could be then out of the way. This was a good use of our time as during this time the weather cleared up, after allowing us to go out into the forest when it wasn't raining. After the weather changed we was then able to film the scenes we wanted to and use our time wisely. When filming in the forest we found that the floor was slightly muddy from the rain, we then re scheduled to do some scenes e.g. Leaves russling on another day as it would be easier and found would create more atmosphere on the screen.

Overall I feel that planning a filming schedule helped with planning ahead clearly and helped me and my group make time for filming. Our set dates meant there was no complications.