Shooting the Pilot

A Pilot is a short film serving as a guide for the final product. It gives the producers/directors an idea of how long  every shot is roughly going to take and how it would look. Likewise it helped us realise what works and what doesn't, as well as what changes or improvements we would have to make to when shooting the actual product. To shoot our pilot we used Flip Cameras which are very easy to work with and suite a basic film such as a pilot.

        

When watching our footage, my group and I realised that we still have to sort some aspects of our thriller out, like our script. For our pilot we didn't have a clear script therefore when shooting the continuity was not as good as we  had previously anticipated. Furthermore, because we had shot the same parts more than once, we noticed in editing that the character's gestures changed every time. So this made it harder for us to edit with a consistent continuity. Shooting our pilot was very helpful in that it allowed us to make these mistakes in advance before the actual shoot day. It was so important to learn through trial and error because it means that we are able to learn and grow from these mistakes so that when our actual thriller shoot day comes we will have a more effective shoot day and thus a better made video.