Shooting
Schedule

Once I had created the shot list, I was able to complete the shooting schedule.  At first, this was challenging as I didn't know how long it would take us to film shots so it was tricky to estimate times.  For me, this was probably one of the most challenging pieces of documentation that I have had to do in creating the film. It does not come naturally to me to plan meticulously what I am going to do and when but it was something I knew I had to tackle to get the best results and my team relied on me to do it well.  

I researched the best way to manage timing on filming days and it was recommended allocating more time to the longer shots and particularly shots that you think you will be uncertain about and how they will work in practice.  I took this on board and I felt I created a reasonably good shooting plan.  I feel that what I did well was to understand that at the beginning we would be slow to film each shot as we had a lack of experience, so I allocated more time to the first days of filming.  As we progressed in filming with more knowledge of how to film and the location, I expected we would get quicker, more efficient and so I allocated less time in the later part of the schedule.

I learnt that I should have thought more about the location of the shots when doing the schedule than how long each shot would take and group them by location.  If we were filming in the same location, then the shots were quicker.  Instead of putting the time of day, I could have put down how long each shot would take approximately, this would have been a better metric of shooting.  

Overall, the number of days of shooting was very accurate.