Group - Reflection On Wilderness Wood's Footage.

Recce evaluation

What is the point of a recce?

The point of a recce is to explore a location, gain inspiration and ideas and to check suitability for filming. This is including access to necessary facilities and assessment of any potential lighting or sound issues.



What did you learn about the process of filmmaking on the recce?
After conducting a recce of Wilderness woods we learnt that it takes alot of time and effort in order to shoot footage. We also learnt that you need to do more than one take of a shot in some instances as the first shot is not always successful. Another thing we learnt is to try and keep the camera and smooth as possible by keeping it on the tripod, this gives a more aesthetically pleasing outcome.


Did you try out any shots that didn't work?

• We tried to create a sense of isolation and confusion by Abbi appearing from the trees, unfortunately this shot did not work as we anticipated as it does not flow properly and does not create the feeling we anticipated.
• The only other problem we faced was with the steadiness of the camera, some of the shots are really jolted as we didn't use the tripod most of the filming. Therefore we are going to pay extra attention to this when filming in the future.

What ideas were the most successful?

• One idea that was really successful is the shot through the wooden fence, the auto focus on the camera really makes this shot and the feel of looking through the wood creates the feelings that we are aiming for in our film opening.
• Another shot which worked really well was one in the stream, the reflection of the trees looks really good along with the lighting. This creates a sense of isolation as the surrounds are opening again something which would work well in our opening.

How did this exercise generate ideas for your opening?

• This exercises gave us lots of inspiration and ideas for our film opening, the shot of Abbi surrounded by tree stubs works really well and we are going to consider this in our opening.
• The idea of shooting in the stream also worked really well, the reflection of water is something which we could use in order to show isolation.
• We also like the idea of using nature in our shots as again it can give the impression of loneliness.

What will you do next in terms of your own locations?

• Next we are going to conduct another recce at Bodiam using the castle and grounds especially.
• Another recce of a house will be done in order to set up shots for the bath scene.