On Set Filming: Wooded Area

The location I decided to film on was private land which I had permission to use. The advantages of not filming in a publicly accessible area is that there was not interruption from people walking into shots who were not in the trailer. Here shown below are aerial shots of the wooded area, this overview was very helpful when planning the different scenes in the woods as it gave clarity for the routes we would need to take the equipment down as it would have been difficult to not damage any equipment if the area was unfamiliar with me and my actors due to many heavily overgrown areas and bumpy paths.

   

Here are some shots below of myself filming in the wooded area with my actors, we filmed in day light as being in an outside environment, studio lights where not an option so the sunlight is what we had to work with. This meant that filming had to be done with time effectiveness in mind; the later in the day it got the darker the frames became due to the disappearance of the natural source. This was difficult in terms of keeping continuity of lightning within shots as they all needed to look like they happened in the same time period of the day. However I managed to work quick enough yet not rush my actors in order to make use of the light available.