Camera Logs - Definately not best practice..

We printed off our camera logs before the day of shooting but due to the weather and having lots of different things on our minds at the time, we completely forgot to fill them in. By the time we came to uploading our rushes into a MAC we'd misplaced them and scrawled rushed camera logs as it captured.
Having the camera/rushes logs helped us imensely when editing (deciding which shots worked best etc), however in future I'll definately remember to write them down on pre-printed logs as we film as it would make things easier still..
He's some of what we actually used:

Get off my land

Get off my land by Douglas Ray (2007)

A short 5minute comedy film about a young couple walking through the countryside, they are confronted by a farmer who's land it is. He tells them its private land and the boyfriend becomes argumentative and attempts to start a fight with the farmer. The farmer turns away and the man assumes he's won the argument but the farmer calmly turns back with a shotgun and agrees to the fight. After shooting them both, the farmer leans into the camera and says "you know what, Ive got a feeling this is a public footpath"
I really like this short, I love how calm the farmer is during all of it and Im very much a fan of dark humour.

2nd day of Shooting

We finished re-shooting our Portrait of Place piece, it seems to have gone quite well, me and Jess both seem pretty pleased with what we've got, it'll all come down to the edit now (fingers crossed theres no exposure issues this time!)

Portrait of Place Storyboards

Storyboards for the second shoot day of Portrait of Place

Portrait of Place 2nd Attempt Schedule

Schedule for our re-shoot:

9:30am - Meet at car park to drive to edale

10:30am - Arrive at Edale (Rough approximate)

10:40am - Start filming, shots 1-5

11:10am - Get to start of Grindsbrook walk for shots 6-12

12:10am - Back to car park for lunchbreak

1:15pm - Be back to end location for shots 13-18

3:00pm - Finish shooting and be on way home

Portrait of Place 2nd Attempt Shot Lists

We decided to stick with the initial plot but change the shots we are going to use.
Shot List:

 

After discussing with Jess, we decided that some shots wouldn't work with the pace, this is what we came up with:

Shot List

Scene 1 - Edale Road

Shot 1 - Over the shoulder shot of Rambler looking at map. Pan up to follow as she walks down
the road and around a corner.

Shot 2 - Mid shot of Rambler as she walks into frame, and pan to follow as she walks around another corner.

Shot 3 - Mid/Long shot of Rambler as she walks towards camera.

Shot 4 - Close Up shot as she looks uncertain at something off frame. Pan to see a church.

Shot 5 - Back to Mid/Long shot of Rambler as begins to walk towards church, but then walks away. Let her walk off frame.

Scene 2 - Grindsbrook Walk

Shot 6 - Mid shot of Rambler as she walks up to sign.

Shot 7 - Close Up of sign.

Shot 8 - Back to Mid shot as Rambler looks around and walks down the path.

Shot 9 - Long shot as Rambler walks over the bridge, looking behind her and walks past out of frame.

Shot 10 - Long, high angled shot as Rambler walks up the stairs, stops to look around at the top (Mid shot), then pan and follow as she walks/runs down the path and around the corner.

Shot 11 - Mid shot as Rambler walks/runs past camera on/off frame.

Shot 12 - Long, high angled shot as Rambler comes out of woods, over bridge and up the stairs towards camera, while looking behind.


Scene 3 - Secluded Area on Walk


Shot 13 - Long/Mid shot as Rambler looking down into valley, but carries on.

Shot 14 - Long shot as Rambler rounds the corner, comes towards camera, looking around the area. Looks out of frame and runs towards it. Pan to follow as she runs up the hill.

Shot 15 - Long/Mid shot, from a different position, as she runs up the hill, and pan as she drops bag down and starts to dig with hands.

Shot 16- Close Up of Rambler digging a hole, while looking around her. She reaches into her bag and pulls out a gun.

Shot 17 - Extreme Close Up of gun.

Shot 18 - Close Up of Rambler as drops gun in hole and covers back up. Stay on hole as Rambler starts to get up. Pan up to see as the Rambler runs away around a corner.

Treatment for 2nd attempt at Portrait of Place

Jess and I worked out the details of our second attempt at the portrait of place project, she wrote up a treatment for it:

A story of a Rambler, starts with her looking at her map, in full rambling gear including walking stick. She walks down the roads of Edale, trying not to look nervous. She comes across something that makes her stop in her tracks. She's considering whether she dare go in, but decides against it, too risky. She quickly walks past the church, not looking back. She finally finds the beginning of the walk she'd already chosen, Grindsbrook, the sign states. She looks around, starting to get more nervous, now that she's getting closer. She carries on through the walk, across the bridge, up the stairs, all the while looking behind her, making sure no one's following. Making sure she's going the right way she stops for a breather while she takes in her surroundings. On the move again she follows the paved path, stumbling on the way, always looking behind. She's not met anyone yet though, which seems promising. Picking up the pace, she moves on, through woods, over more bridges and rocky stairs. It seems to be completely deserted, so she's looking around for the perfect spot. There's a valley that could be right, but it's too steep to climb down, so she continues along the path. As she rounds the corner, there's a bit of land surrounded by bushes, slightly uphill, it's perfect. She runs towards it, shrugging off the heavy bag and frantically starts to dig, using her bare hands. Judging the hole to be big enough, she grabs the bag and brings it out, the gun. Looking around again to make sure no one's going to catch her in the act, she quickly slings the gun in the hole and covers it, with the dirt, and anything extra she can find for more camouflage. With it finally done, she grabs her bag and quickly runs away, never to be seen in Edale again.