So here's the finished article for the outdoor shoot. I'm very pleased with the result and I've certainly learnt a few things...
For starters I've learnt that you can't be relying on the weather. The sun kept on appearing and reappearing from behind the clouds multiple times thus making the shot go from spring to winter. Thankfully the sun stayed out for the majority of our shots, plus I was able to brighten things up in post. Of course with a little more money and equipment one could solve these issues with lights and more advanced reflectors and silks e.t.c. For now though I'll just have to bear the above hazards in mind and be prepared to shoot as much footage as possible and hope I can fix any errors in post.
The second problem I had (once again) was the failure to foresee editing issues. There were a handful of shots that simply didn't cut together well. In pre-visualization of course everything looked fine. I can't really see any solution to this problem other than continuous practice: storyboarding, shooting and then editing all different types of shots over and over again. Learning by making mistakes and seeing what works seems to be the only way to solve this problem becuase other than a few basic staging rules there doesn't seem to be a formula for knowing what shots will cut together properly.
The final problem I had was with sound. This was due to background noise that we couldn't control. Of course when shooting we didn't think those noises would be an issue. This results in a jarring shift in the audio when cutting between certain shots. A background sound effect helped pad things out but there is still a vaguely noticeable problem. In future I will need to ensure that my boom operator is pointing his mike bang in the right direction and that there is no background noise.
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