Problems

Some problems we could've faced are: as we were filming in three different locations and on two different days we could've encountered many different problems such as: different weather conditions could've drastically affected the continuity of our production, we used different trains in our production; this could've also affected continuity as the may audience may have noticed the difference between the trains, the trains were also going in different directions but quick editing has ensured that the audience doesn't notice this. In one of our original ideas we had planned to make our own train track with some borrowed supplies, we soon realised that this idea isn't viable as many problems would've arisen from making our own train track, which would've had adverse affects on our continuity. Another issue with relying on trains to film our production is that the train times could've been quite sporadic and we wouldn't be able to get the amount of shots that we wanted, there's also some health and safety concerns as we were filming on a crossroads above a live track; we could've been seriously injured if one of us fell onto the track or into oncoming traffic. As we filmed some of our shots at a cemetery we ran the risk of upsetting some mourners, our time at the cemetery could've also been very limited as there was the possibility of disrupting a funeral service.

Problems that we did face: luckily we actually faced very few of our potential problems, but there was still a few minor ones; when we got to the cemetery the weather conditions were very poor as it was raining very hard which also made the ground very wet and soft, but when we commenced our filming the rain subsided so this never really created much of a problem for us. Another problem that we faced was that we didn't know when the trains were coming and their times were quite sporadic, however we were well prepared for this and setup our cameras in the correct position for the oncoming trains, as we were at a crossroads the flashing lights and closing gates gave us an accurate indication of when they were on their way so this problem was easy to overcome. A more serious problem we faced was the poor battery life of our camera, but we prepared aptly for this by taking a spare camera with us so this was another problem we overcame.