Good news - I got the soundtrack finished off this morning after staying up 'til three last night recording and tinkering. Managed to stick all the bits in the right places today and it sounds pretty good, so fingers crossed!
The main things I learned were:
- planning: getting the shotlist sorted ahead of time gave us a headstart over last year (main learning from Tytn last year!). If we pay more attention to equipment, costume, etc. next time, we'll need to plan enough time for them.
- communication: need to be clear about what I want and positive about what I'm getting!
- concentration: need to focus on the task at hand - I lost control slightly in the "scaring" shot because I was worrying about having enough light when we got back to shoot the final scene indoors.
- preparation: always seems to take longer - must sort the props in advance, not at the last minute!! Anything that can be sorted early, should be (this is unfortunately not a strength of mine). Perhaps I could have done the soundtrack sooner too, although I was still rewriting up to about midnight last night.
- goal setting: having a fixed date to do this really focused us on getting the idea sorted, as well as getting the preparations done. I suggest next time - when there may not be a competition to create that tension - we set a date to film and work to that. May, anyone?
- I've been thinking it might help if I could draw a bit better! Storyboarding really helped me develop the story, but I'm not sure the pictures were any use when trying to communicate what I was imagining to anyone else.
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