Refilming and the problems we faced

When comparing our final piece to when we first began filming it displays explicit examples of how we improved significantly over tie course of filming and editing. Our first footage we found was very bad quality and there was minimal advanced shots, so didn't show that we could explore a variety of shots etc. Additionally, our first bit of footage we found took a lot longer then expected, this therefore meant our continuity wouldn't be correct because on the day we filmed it was dark and rainy, then when we came to film the footage outside of school the weather had changed. Our opportunity to first film was rushed, but gave us a number of things to improve, as we were able to bring in footage to our teachers and then receive feedback on areas to improve.

Our second time filming was a lot more successful. Before organising to film we listed all the things we needed to improve and adapt to ensure our filming would run smoothly. So, when listing things we first of all had to ensure the lighting was correct, and as our opening was meant to be in the morning we had to ensure that it looked as believable as possible. To do so we organised to film at around 7pm to begin with as it ensured the lighting would be correct, and also allowed us to have more time to then film other parts. We tried a variety of shots in the bedroom scene such as close ups and over the head shots, this showed that we could include a number of shots but also made it that little bit more interesting to watch from the audiences point of view because it wasn't long tracking or pan shots.

Whilst filming, one of the parts which took the longest was the living room scene, this was essentially because it was one of the more important scenes, it meant casting a 'mum' for the girl and making it look believable that she was a drunk bad mum. To aid ensuring the characters looked as believable as possible it was essential to make the mise-en-scene appropriate and believable. One of our struggles was making the scene not look too set up, so on each occasion we had to film which was on different days we changed what we included in the mise-en-scene. For example,little extras such as adding dirty plates and clothes hanging on the radiator suggested that the mum was careless and so therefore made our final piece more realistic.