CH - Final Shoot evaluation

On monday, Rosie, Josh and I took our two actors, Max and Ben, to shoot in Hastings. These shots are primarily filler, designed to bring our storyline together and build on our concept as far as indexical signs and social myths are concerned.
The shoot convened immediately after school, finishing around four hours later; in this time we had to travel to the site, therefore the time spent actually filming was less than this. However, this said we gathered an amass of footage, so much so we were forced to remove shots from previous rekkies in order to save storage on the SD card.
This is an issue we have come across maybe three times in our filming so far, and it is proving difficult. Even though filming with an SD relieves us the task of time-consuming reading the film through a firewire, it also means we have no hard-copy of the footage we have shot, whereas in the past we have carried tapes and been reassured of a constant backup.
This issue aside, we managed to get unprecedented amounts of film that is not simply workable, but is far higher standard than the majority of our previous efforts. This may be because we are, as a team, now accustomed to the technical capabilities of the equipment that is available to us, or because we are working together more productively after prolonged teamworking activities.
Below is a list of examples of shots we gathered:

1. ECU over-the-shoulder of Ben turning to face the camera whilst walking into the arcade
2. MS of Max leaning against a pub
3. MS/CU pan of Max jumping through the window into the car
4. MS of Ben/Max on a dancing game at the arcade
5. MS of Rosie laughing whilst playing a game of air-table-hockey
   

Left is an example of a MS taken of Ben, the Good Boy character.
Here, I was filming; I wanted to focus on the use of lights, as the footage so far has been relatively dark, and in this fantastic location we were granted wonderful lighting opportunities. The bright, colourful background lights connote wealth, power, fun, danger; many of the connotations associated with money.

This shoot was fun, and amusing; many of the shots were genuine, rather than acting; in my opinion, this gives a better inclination of 'real life', and helps the audience to relate if the storyline, and actors thus, are believable.