Final shooting of Phantom

Ailiya Haidri

EquipmentBefore shooting the film, I made a visit to the Media studies

department and asked to borrow a light reflector, just incase it came useful for the film. Surprisingly, the light reflector came useful as it was quite sunny whilst filming. However, all equipment was brought to the venue and returned in good quality as I made sure to pack a ‘filming bag’ where all things that were needed for filming from camera to even the clipboard for the actor, were packed a night before.

With regards to the equipment needed by the actor and actress themselves – they had brought everything as I made sure to remind them on various occasions what not to forget.

Timing

I had asked to the actor and actress and to arrive to the venue at 12.30pm and for us all to have finished by 4.05pm. To plan this timing, I made sure to be realistic and plan how long each scene will take to shoot.

At every interval in between each three scenes, I made sure to keep track of time.

I also made sure to have a one hour break so that all of us were able to eat and then resume back to filming

As a result, I was impressed with my time management skills as we had finished filming at 3.55pm which gave us time to pack away our things and clean up the venue.

EfficiencyBeing efficient in everything I do is a must for me. This was

evident on the day of the filming. A night before I had asked the actress to bring a book or

something she could do whilst she is off set, which was a good idea because she was using her time efficiently instead of being bored just waiting for her entrance to the last few scenes.

Also, whilst I was moving the cameras at their specific angles in the different rooms, I made sure to keep reminding the two characters what the next scene will be about so that they were prepared. In order to make sure their expressions were precise, I made sure that they did a mini audition before I actually filmed it so that where there were little twitches that needed fixing – they could be aware of it.

Venue

The venue where the film took place was at my sister’s house. In order to make sure the filming was not delayed by any factors, a stayed over at the venue the night before filming and set up the venue.

This meant that I removed anything that was not needed in the filming or anything that could have caused harm whilst filming- for this I used my Risk Assessment sheet (on my Research & Planning Blog) to be aware of any health and safety risks.