Warehouse Shoot Summary

Once we got to the warehouse for the second time the first thing that was noticeable was that people had come and added a lot more graffiti from our last visit. This immediately made the colour of the walls stand out more as it was new and still vivid, this was something we decided to try and show in the footage we captured. As a result as long as the fractured lines and shape we also focussed quite a lot colourful aspects of the location, meaning in terms of the handout we got our film would be considered in terms of the 'pure abstraction' section. Another theme that came through in our footage when we got into the location, this is the idea of frames within frames, using door frames and windows etc to draw the eye around the image with all the different lines.

We shot on the Canon XF100, and it worked well for everything we needed it to. Half way through the day shooting we discovered the set speed slow zoom button on the camera, showing we maybe didn't do enough experimenting and learning the camera beforehand, since once we found that it made the zooms a lot smoother. The other problem we faced occasionally was the fact our pans and tilts from the tripod were sometimes not as smooth as they could be, but this was overcome from simply doing multiple takes until one worked.

Having been to the location before this time we were able to get to much more obscure places that you wouldn't think about going in your first visit, as a result I think the shots we got from the location are much more interesting than they would have been from just one recce.

The risk assessment was quite a good idea because we both kept an eye open and kept the dangers of the place on our mind. Since we went in different areas of the location this time there was things we didn't mention in the risk assessment we perhaps should have such as being aware of unguarded edges with drops, as we were on the roof at points, and watching our footing closely when there is loose debris on the stairs. It was a safe journey through the warehouse and surrounding areas though, partly due to the risk assessment.

Overall I think we got plenty of footage to edit together a decent representation of the location, and some of the shots we got captured its creepiness and eeriness very well.