I have just looked at the footage from my first shoot and I am really disappointed with the footage. The scenes look way too dark so lots of the detail in the styling and makeup is not visible. All the footage where the models changed their outfits are out of focus and so looks very unprofessional and I would not feel happy submitting it. I am so disappointed because I had specifically hired Harrison to film my work because I was confident he would produce great quality footage; however this is not the case. I paid him £75 to film just this scene, so for the footage to come out this unexposed and blurry is devastating.
I am now feeling extremely panicked because I feel awkward telling him that his footage is not good enough for me to submit and I don't know whether to continue to use him, whether to find someone else or whether to record the footage myself. I feel frustrated because I have seen Harrison's previous work and it looked high quality and correctly exposed, so I am confused why my footage did not turn out as successfully. I am also frustrated because I have postponed my shoots to when Harrison's equipment is free, meaning I am now running out of time and have less time to correct mistakes, like this one!
I am so disappointed by the footage because I know how much hard work I have put into designing all the makeup and hair and choosing the styling. I have collaborated with some talented designers and music technicians so I feel pressure to create an outcome I am proud of. If I am honest, I did not think the filming of my project would be an issue because Harrison had also injected so much confidence in me, telling me I did not need to worry about the film side.
I am feeling panicked because Louise lives in London and visited me especially to do this shoot so she may not be able to come if I decide to re-shoot it, which I think I am going to have to. If I ask him to re-shoot the footage I am concerned the same thing will happen again where some footage is out of focus and I feel like I will constantly be looking at what he is filming to check if it is what I want. If I decide to film it then I will have more control over what is being filmed; however I am concerned the quality of the footage will not be as high. In my test shoots some of the footage didn't look as sharp as I'd like so I might use my own camera but look into different lenses that will give me a sharper image.
After considering all my options I spoke to Harrison and decided to continue to use him as my cameraman because he said that the small sections that were out of focus were a mistake and he would make sure it didn't happen again. We also looked at the lighting and agreed some sections were too dark, so Harrison said he would bring bigger lights to the next shoot to provide more lighting options for us to experiment with.
I considered adding another day of filming; however I decided to do the re-shoot on the afternoon after filming the first scene of my film because that scene is very short and the lighting set up is the same throughout so it won't take very long to film. I had planned to shoot my opening scene on Monday; however my dancer, Louise, was not free on that day to re-shoot her scenes. I therefore changed the scenes around so I could shoot the opening and final scene on Thursday. My main model, Harrison and my assisting team said they would be available to do this day and thankfully Louise said she was back from London for Easter and so would be available to shoot on that day! I was extremely grateful that my whole team were so supportive and understanding that I had to re-shoot.
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