Our task was predominantly a team effort in all areas. All three members of our group contributed with directing and camera work (although Wik played the main role in these, as the narrative was her idea, and she is the most experienced with camera equipment). We all had a say in, and came to an agreement about the location in which we filmed, and the areas in said location that our scenes would take place in. Casting was also a mutual decision, including our last minute addition (see below).
One problem with our filming process was that a member of our cast did not turn up on the day of filming. I solved this problem by calling in another person, Josh, to take his place. Until he arrived, I took his place in scenes in which he would not be visible, eg. in sliding the folder towards Ashley during a scene in which my hand would not be visible. We also could not get our hands on a brown folder as originally planned, but I brought in a blue folder, and a spare piece of paper to make the 'FAILED' sign, making up for our missing props. Furthermore, we did not check how long the location would be available during pre-production. This meant that we nearly ran out of time to use the space.
For future reference, we will make sure that all our cast members are very clear on the filming schedule, and double check that they are the most reliable people to use - and if not, that we have a backup cast member readily available. We will also ensure that we are clear on the closing times of our scheduled location so that we can get our filming done in plenty of time.
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