First Shot Of One Shot!

We have been creating one shot films which means that we have to keep the camera on a tripod and can only move it once! In our group, we had to first film outside where we could use natural lighting.  We did not have long to think of something even though we went scouting on the locations.  We all decided that we should think of the idea first then decide which of the two outside locations we should use.  We decided to use a bench at the Arboretum.  The one we chose was on level ground and had a hill behind it so we did not have to worry about people walking behind on our set.  We set up our equipment, struggling to set the tripod to the right level as it wasn’t a good one on the day of shooting.  On the day we improvised lines of what we were going to say and decided who would play what role.  I played a posh person who had things on her mind and Alyssa played the drunken tramp.  This gave the basis of our story and we shot the film in just 3 takes until we were happy with it.

Once we viewed the video back, we had noticed that there was a lot of background noise from the wind therefore if we were to shoot outside again, we would use an overhead microphone or use something or someone to block out wind passing from the sides.  We also should have used a tighter frame as my face was not visible enough.