Evaluation of shoot day

The day before our shoot day we were told that we would be shooting the next day, we had to re-schedual beause of the snow, we made sure we were completely organised and had all our props ready for the morning, this included going through recycling bins collecting any old tins and general rubbish, sorting out the tent and making sure we had all the string and bells ready.
The morning of the shoot went well because the weaether was right, it was sunny which meant it would create a bright morning light inside the tent which is what we needed.
Before shooting we had to set up all our props and the area that we were to shoot in, this included moving sofas out of the hall way and then we were put into groups to do different setting up jobs, Gil and Frankie put up the tent, I cut and put up the string and Owen washed up the tins from the bin. We also had to set up the camera and the lightings as we needed extra lighting, we used red heads and blonds to create the lighting we needed, we also had to bpard up the window as it was bringing in too much light, we made this look as if he was hiding from something outside, the boardings looked broken and had holes in letting in beams of light.
For our group we all took in turn with the rolls; camera man, lighting, sound and general other jobs, this made it quicker splitting the jobs up but also let everyone have a good at the different role making it fair. I really enjoyed doing the camera work because it had been a while since we had filmed our pre-lim so it was nice to be able to use it again. It was also interesting learning how to create different shots or make them more intersting like focusing unfocusing a point.
We had problems with the lighting, the room was too light so we had to board up the windows, we were looking for a morning lighting so we didnt want the light too bright.
The best part of the shoot was the last scene was when the actor was about to turn the handle when it turns it its self, this part is meant to be thrilling and scary. I think it worked out well because it was the last scene so it leaves the sequence with a twist and it makes the viewer want to finish watching it. The part of the shoot that I wish had gone better is the part when we were trying to show the bell ringing, this was hard because it just made it look like someone was shacking the string to make it move and made it look unrealistic.
I personally enjoyed setting up the set for the shoot because I think our set is interesting and had a lot of work to it, I also enjoyed using the camera because I enjoyed learning the different angles and ways to use the camera.
I feel that our production team worked really well through out the unit including the preparation and planning of the thriller because we all had different ideas and skills that we could use to make it.