On the day of the shoot the church told us to be there for 12.30 so just after the sunday service. Me and my 2 actors arrive early at 12.20 so we could be punctual and make a good impression, we met the reverent Carolyn and went over where we will be filming so she was briefed and so was my actors.
Carolyn asked how long we would take as she would need to keep the church open for us, she was hovering around and making us feel pressured as she was watching waiting to close the church to go home, so I had to do the inside scenes first. This only took us about 45 minutes as there wasn't much I needed to film inside the church I just needed to make sure I got all the camera angles needed so the POV and following the actor but also just the feet walking towards the altar and POV of the feet.
We then did the outside in the graveyard with my little boy actor this we had plenty of time for and didn't feel rushed but we managed to get it in 2 takes and I took several different angles to give me more coverage, this was all done on the shoulder rig and I felt like it was still a bit to shakey and will need stabilising in the edit.
The field bit at the end I decided to do on the tripod instead on a follow shot as it was beautiful with the sun and lens flare plus you then get to see the actors head event hough they are wearing a hood as I didn't want to give away the actors identity so the audience can be in suspicion instead.
Overall I am happy that I have filmed and still have time to edit but I felt a bit rushed at the beginning and could of been a bit more stable with the shoulder rig, if I would of had the choice I would have rather filmed all on a tripod as its more stable and the audience won't feel ill and not want to watch because of the shaking but this was a learning experience that I know I won't be doing again in a hurry without more practice with the should rig and making it more stable.
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