Film/Filming Difficulties and Problems Encountered

There were certain problems that we encountered through filming that proved difficult to avoid and change in order to meet our expectations. Although they did have an impact on our filming, we managed to find alternatives and other situations we could take advantage of.

One difficulty we encountered was the weather. There was a considerable amount of snow during when we wanted to film and we couldn't run the risk of filming because of the weather changes day-to-day. On top of this it also affected our actual piece as could have caused dangers and injuries. For a lot of our scenes, the characters are moving at a fast pace and if any injury was caused, filming would have been hugely affected. We solved this problem by constantly updating our thoughts and ideas about how we wanted to film during this period so when we were sure about the weather being safe, we could get straight onto filming.

Another problem was finding the right shots and angles in accordance with our 1980s era. We had to make sure that modern cars and buildings could not get in the way of the shot because it would not meet our ideas. When we would shoot a scene, we would often have to re-film because of objects running into shot which we didnt want to have in shot. We solved this problem by constantly and closely checking every scene multiple times afterwards so that we were sure it was what we wanted.

Another problem that we encountered was the effect that the public had on our piece. Because it was a police-based action film, we used fake guns and fake blood in order to create the right atmosphere for our audience. Even though we tried to make this as obvious as possible when filming, members of the public would undoubtedly be concerned and take action. We met some members of the police and after explaining what we were doing, they were happy and allowed us to continue. I feel that it was important that this happened because it allowed us to focus on our piece without worrying what the surrounding public thought of what we were doing.

As we spent a lot of time filming because of problems that we encountered, we had to continually halt proceedings because of the battery running out. This was very frustrating for us because we had to speed up filming and we often had to re-film them anyway because they were not want we wanted.

Because of other commitments, all of our group found it difficult to find time when we were all free and available to film. We decided to complete a grid to show when everyone was free so that it was easier for us to know when everyone was available and make sure we were prepared to film on the days when everybody was available.