Fiction Adaptation: Shoot Day at Minster Beach

After receiving permission from the Kent Film Office, Day 1 of shooting began at Minster Beach. Overall the shoot went very well and I am pleased with the outcomes, however it took longer to set up than I realised it would. This is because I had added kit protection so that it wouldn't get damaged from the wet sand bed and I also had to set the toy soldiers up to stand in position where I needed them to. 


It was quite a windy day so the soldiers struggled to stay upright and kept blowing off the shipwreck. I had brought with me cello tape but as the ship wreck was moss covered and wet it didn't stick very well.  The cello tape also showed up on the film which decreased the production values so I had to abandon the cello tape and think of other ways to use the toy soldiers on the shoot. I used the grooves that were on the shipwreck to wedge the toy soldiers in however this meant that my vision for this scene wasn't how I had pictured it. Even with the wedging of soldiers the wind was strong enough to blow the toys away as you can see from the clip below:


I had checked the tide times for that day however when we got there the tide was coming in a lot quicker than anticipated because of the aggressive wind. In total I had about an hour's worth of shooting before I had to leave because of the tide. When I checked the times for the tide it was perfect conditions however where the ship wreck is situated, not many people go as there are no paths and is usually considered not as safe as the main beach. I think that the tide came in quicker because it is on a bend as on the main beach the tide was still out quite far. 

 I made sure to have a detailed risk assessment for this shoot because of the complications with the location. All in all, I enjoyed this shoot but will learn for next time to do more research into the location and how the weather and the nature will affect the shoot.  

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