Summary
Production Notes for Each Day of Shooting
| Date | 4/24 | 4/25 | 4/26 | 4/27 | 4/28 | 5/1 | 5/2 | 5/3 | 5/4 | 5/5 |
| Run the SET during the production phase by keeping all CREW INFORMED and ON SCHEDULE | Our planned schedule had been thrown off because of the lock-in | Absent, called and told team schedule for the next day | I told the time what was happening the previous day and kept to that schedule | It could have gone better running the set, It was the first day in the hallway and with a full crew | ||||||
| Instruct ACTORS on BLOCKING, PERFORMANCE, LINE DELIVERY. | We filmed a few test shots, no technical acting was done, but directions on blocking were given. | Absent | Instructed Henry on how I wanted him to react specifically with the volume of his lines. | |||||||
| Call for the start and end of each take by saying “standby”, “roll camera”, “action” and “cut”. | No, as both director and cinematographer I was filming the test shots mostly for practice and since no acting was really done I didn’t call for the start and end of the take. | Absent | I called for sound to start and announced when I began filming with the camera and called for action and cut. | |||||||
| Ensure that the other key roles (primarily camera and sound) have OBTAINED CLEAR IMAGE and SOUND from the scene. | As the cinematographer I would view the shot as it was being filmed an no sound was recorded. | Absent | Nate had to fill in as the sound designer on that day, so I made sure that audio was recording well even more than usual. | |||||||
| Make DECISIONS about when to move on to shoot the next scene. | I only planned to practice a singular shot, and didn’t move on from it. | Absent | We only filmed one shot, which I planned on for continuity and location purposes. | |||||||
| Write PRODUCTION NOTES for each day of shooting-before and after: a SET OF EXPECTATIONS for the day and a LIST OF WHAT WAS ACHIEVED or NOT ACHIEVED; notes on WAYS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. | I didn’t write any notes down. | Absent | I didn’t write any notes down. | |||||||
| Produce NOTES for post-production regarding LENGTH OF SCENE, GOOD/BAD SHOTS and other NOTEWORTHY ELEMENTS to be handled in post-production. | These were test shots, which were not going to be put in the final film so I didn’t write any notes. | Absent | No, the last take was the only good take that we got, so I didn’t take notes on which take to use. | For almost every shot I went with the last take, on the few shots I wanted to use a previous take I always noted it on the script. |
On-Going Discussions with Film Team
9. I messaged and communicated about the film to my teammates
10. I assured that the location was left as is by not modifying the location in any way so it would remain the same.
11. I assured that nobody was hurt, my evidence of that is the amount of injuries being zero.