Filming

 The role of filming was one that I was not as involved in. As I had written the script which was written with four locations and characters, the other four members of my group decided to take on one character each to film. As learnt from my research, typically the director would be at the location working with the group. However, due to Covid-19, all members of my group were in different parts of the country. This limited my abilities as a director. 

I tried my best to still work with each camera operator despite not being with them. These tasks included: 

• Regular catch-ups on our group chat
• Looking through the submitted shots lists and discussing ideas 
• Describing how I would like props or locations to look

Ultimately, the filming process was up to the creative decision-making of the camera operators who I fully trusted with my vision. We had had many prior meetings discussing through ideas and agreed on most of them. 

Weekly Production Diary

Week commencing 05/04/21: 

Began filming, scenes were filmed for Billie and Edgar. There were a few problems in terms of where we could film and practicalities, these issues were talked through on the group and resolved.

Week commencing 12/04/21:

 Filmed scenes for Miranda. Starting to piece together clips in editing. Realised we were missing a shot of the pin board, assigned someone to film this. 

Week commencing 19/04/21:

Began creating rough cuts of scenes. Talked through editing concerns such as the news reports, sci-fi special effects and screams. Talked through different ways these could be done and what looked best. Finished filming for Lisa's scenes, a couple shots were changed which were spoken through. 

Week commencing 26/04/21:

Submitted a rough cut, all watched through a discussed what could be improved, notes on that here. Worked through these improvements including getting extra shots and sound effects. 

Week commencing 03/05/21:

Submitted a new rough cut, from this decided to do some reordering of the scenes to improve the narrative. 

Week commencing 10/05/21:

After some re-structuring to the narrative and final tweaks to the editing, such as colour grading, sent off the finished product.