Improvements II! (Reflection)

 Time Management

I will be discussing our management in time during production/filming since it is my portion of the film. It was difficult to find a work balance between everyone in the group. Eventually, we settled on a time and plan to finish our project. 

Text message of everyone agreeing to meet up times

Of course, it did not go as plan. Almost everyone did not plan according and showed up 10 minutes to an hour late. We couldn’t really do much but just begun filming at that point. Throughout the entire film, we lost focus of time very frequently. We were barely halfway when all of us realized we only had an hour left. For me, I took a long time to set up the camera’s equipment because originally we had planed to film chronologically, which meant a lot of back and forth of high to low angled shots. These delays slowly added up and costed us a lot of filming time.

Setting up low angled shots 

This led to us having to plan another day to film. By which then we tried to really focus on finishing.

What I can do to improve

Throughout the project, I’ve came up with many ideas I felt that could help in improving my (and maybe my group’s) time management. 

First one is two rehearse camera movements beforehand. A quick practice before the actors running can help repent wasted takes and save time. 

Next is creating a more detailed shot list. What I mean by that is possible writing down what shots to film first. Roughly how long each shot should take and which ones require which actors, props, and (if) any specific lighting that needs prioritizing. Here’s an example of how it would work

Last, what me and my group tried to do on the few days we had filming: prioritizing all the difficult shots. On the first day, we finished all the long shots with the bullies. Then on the second day, we focused on all the scenes with Forrest’s braces, especially the very lengthy shot when it breaks.