MAIN Post 9: Production

When we began filming our opening scene, we encountered a few problems that were not planned. The first problem was that we did not have access to Carlson’s suit case, this was a problem as we need it for one of the shots of him putting a document into his case to show him getting ready for his interrogation. We solved this by using a over-the-shoulder carrier bag, it did not look as good as a suit case would have nor did it look like a bag a secret agent would use but it was the best we could work with.

Another problem that we came across later on was that when we came to film the terrorist scenes, we had misplaced our script somewhere along the way. This meant that we weren't able to shoot the dialogue scenes that day, when we wanted to get it all filmed at once. To solve this problem, we organized a group meeting so we could re-write our script for that scene. Here we encountered another problem because we had to compromise our original storyboard and miss the last couple shots due to us not being able to get hold of a van or even a car in such short notice. This meant that we also had to change parts of our original script in which they would talk about how they had changed the plates and how it was parked outside. Instead of using these lines we chose to not mention any vehicle and instead leave it open. I feel that this did work but at the same time it would have added to the mise-en-scene to have a van or at least a car in some of these shots.

One other problem that we encountered when we were filming inside the garage was that it didn't have any power outlets, this resulted in there being no way to use spot lights which resulted in the scene being very dark. But there was a benefit to this however, having the scene so dark added to the dark nature of the terrorists as well as the theme.

One thing that went well with our filming was that we didn't have to retake many shots. There was a couple mistakes such as Joel (The terrorist wearing the balaclava) dropping the guns magazine and also a couple of framing mistakes here and there but over all we didn't have too much excess footage that we had to sit through. This meant that we were able to save a lot of time when it came to editing because we didn’t have to choose which shots were better than others and edit the wrong shots out.

Overall I feel that while we did have a few problems and revisions but I feel that we dealt with them successfully and still got what we needed to a good level of quality and polish.