Our first day of filming focused on all the outside pre-abduction footage. This was done as a full class under the guidance of Annabeth and Matt. There was a lot to get through during the shoot, as we had multiple actors, however after a few dry runs we seemed to be able to get through it quite quickly. We ran into a couple of problems, due to the fact we were filming at the front of college, such as people not involved walking past during the 'run away' moments. However we managed to get most of the shots we needed, including the green screen shot and all worked quite well together. I really enjoyed this day of shooting, finding it liberating to work away from the computer studio and create real performances instead of relying too heavily on animation etc. I'd like to do more shoots like this and hopefully will in future projects.
It was quite hard keeping continuity constant since there were a range of different shots with different actors. When it has come to editing the footage there are certain aspects that have made it difficult to use certain clips, such as my actor Jeff turning around once everyone has gone (meaning I can't have people running past her in another angle).
We were also introduced to using the green screen as a large group. However the footage we (everyone using Jeff as an actor) filmed isn't really usable since her fringe is over the wrong side of her face (this was only noticed in the edit). We were able to re-shoot on the full green screening day however, which also allowed us to have our own specified performances.
Below is the first quick rough edit I created just to get a sense of timing and story, it's incredibly basic and I've since made more edits and cuts which I will hopefully blog about later.
I'd have liked a little bit more movement in the initial shots though understand that it would have made adding the ship in harder. If I were to re-shoot I'd try a few more hand held shots in order to get a bit more kinetic energy to the camera, to mimic the energy and 'fear' of people running away.
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