Filming Schedule - Miss Georgiou

Filming schedules are created in order to enable everyone in the group to have an understanding of when and where each frame will be shot at specific times to set out the organisation of the film. It will also help to determine which equipment and iconography will be used in order to be organised prior to the filming stages so the filming will take place smoothly and reduce the time taken to film all of the frames. It also includes the cast and crew which will be involved so that we are able to provide roles to each of the actors we have decided to have within our sequence. A narrative description with camera shots and the duration of which they will last is shown in the filming schedule so we are able to film efficiently and know exactly what we are doing.

When partaking in the filming process of the creation of our thriller sequence, my partner and I ensured that we remained as closely to it as possible in order to be well organised and efficient. By doing this, we were able to film a majority of the scenes in one day therefore enabling us to spend more time editing all of the clips together as we had planned to use a lot of varied editing techniques. One obstacle we came across when filming however was that we only used the tripod due to not following the filming schedule at certain times and therefore many of our shots were constantly in and out of focus meaning that we had to re film the entire sequence at a later date. This was because we forgot to focus the camera beforehand and without the use of the tripod, this caused the camera to be very shaky which then caused the shots to constantly be out of focus. We also had to cast a new antagonist and hit man as the actors we used before did not take it seriously enough and were messing around when we were meant to be filming. For example, in between shots, our male actors would mess around with the props and the costumes such as the ski mask used to hide the antagonist's identity and fighting with one another as well as laughing during many of the shots meaning that we had to retake a majority of the shots which then took up a lot of filming time. To rectify this, we will set aside a day to re film the sequence and we now know to use the tripod for every shot within the thriller so as to achieve focused and steady shots which will make the narrative much more clearer to our target audience. We will also make sure that we follow every point stated on our filming schedule so, this time round, we are more organised and the situation when filming is much calmer as Kate and I did get a little stressed and a few disagreements came about which we are aiming to avoid when re filming.

Since this, I have learnt that the role of a filming schedule is extremely significant when filming as it helps to keep you organised and on track to finish the filming in time for the editing stage. If we had followed the schedule even further, we may not have got blurry images and would have therefore not had to re film the entire sequence which is a negative outcome as we now have less time to edit therefore things are getting very stressful as Kate and I are trying to have our final sequence edited in time.