Juggling of Equipment

First camera

The first camera we used was a Panasonic mini dv camera. whilst we got alot of footage using this camera we had a major problem with it which was that the battery even when charged provided us with little power meaning that on many occasions filing had to be cut short due to the power running out. This was a major inconvenience as it cost us time and sometimes valuable footage because the power would cut out right in the middle of a scene.

Second camera

The second camera we used was a Sony handy cam which was alot more reliable interms of battery life and the picture quality was better. We had a uv filter and a wide conversion lens at our disposable and a remote to control the functions of the camera meaning that we could set up the camera on a tri-pod and be able to control it whilst acting in a scene which came in very useful on the occasions when only two of the group could film and we both needed to be in the scene.

Characters and casting

Most of the characters in our trailer will be teenagers apart from a couple of characters which is good because most all of the people in my friendship group are the right age for these roles.

all of the people in my group (Adam Maestro, Benji Hooper) including myself have decided to act in the film meaning we won't have to find as many people to act in our film which will save on time.

We needed to start filming soon so we found a couple of friends who I had worked with before in previous films (see previous posts for previous films). The first person who we asked was Sam Reinders (see previous posts) who had written, directed, acted and starred in many of the previous films I had worked with him on so as well as acting experience he had alot of experience with cameras and could help us with filming as well and gave us advice on which shots would work best for different scenes and advice on lighting.

Sam Reinders

The second Actor we found was Adam Bloom. Adam was a good to have in the trailer because he has acting experience in both films (see previous posts) and has acted in plays as he does drama for a levels. We wanted to get as much footage with him as possible as we felt this was a good opportunity to use his acting skills.

Adam Bloom