Post-Production: Mistakes Made During Filming

Costume & Set Design: Continuation Error- 

Now that I am at post-production stage, I am able to see the mistakes that were made on my part. The actor schedules individually did not match up which meant I filmed certain scenes with the actors that were present and re-shot those scenes on the day I had all of them present for backup. However in the image below, I did not remember to keep the costumes the same which wouldn't have been a problem if I shot the scene again with multiple angles giving variety in the editing room. I feel that this happened due to the fact that I did not have a full crew so I was doing multiple jobs on set like lighting, directing and other grip tasks. This obviously caused stress and affected my observation.

DAY 1

DAY 2

Sound Recording 

The footage sound was recorded with a microphone attached on the camera and when filmed in the space, it caused the sound to reverb and it does cause complications while watching the film. My options for this suggested by a tutor is to apply ADR or have a soundtrack to draw attention away from the problem. I shall contact my actors to check their availability and at the same time see if I can solve the problem.


Director Role: Cutting too Early

Being the director, I tried to use the skills I learnt from working on film sets, I used these skills during filming. It helped me communicate with the actors better and my cameraman, Elliott. However, I learnt a simple lesson which does have a big impact in post production. When the actors are done with a scene, I know now to give at least 5 seconds of silence before shouting 'cut' because again it helps in the editing room. These are things I can learn and improve on in future work.

Filming

Above in the image is an example of how I framed my shots poorly, I did follow the rule of thirds and I followed my shot list but I made the mistake of shooting with a window in the shot and it was much brighter outside causing the over exposed inside the house. I couldn't repair this in post but I know not to make the same mistake.

In the image below, the blue outline is the mask I placed in the scene to cover the extension cord that was visible. It did not fix the problem but it did decrease the visibility. This is a set design mistake that could have been avoided, luckily the background in this scene is black and I was able to change the layer mode to blend in.