Preliminary Task - Filming

There was 3 of us in a group all filming/acting in the scene and we filmed during school hours in an IT room and a corridor in humanities. When we first started filming we were in a different room, however when we went to go film in that room again it was occupied so we couldn't film in there so we had to change room. To avoid this happening in my coursework piece I need to make sure I know where ever I am filming is unoccupied and what times it is unoccupied.
Whilst filming for the preliminary task we had to start the camera rolling before saying 'action' so that the start of the shot wasn't cut off and the entire shot is there. We also had to do the same at the end of a shot so we didn't cut the shot short. As I was one of the main characters in the film I didn't really use the camera very much and I have also never filmed with a DSLR (the type of camera we used to film) so when it comes to my own film I will have to pick up how to film with it as quick as possible. Below is an example of the camera we used to film.

We used a tripod for nearly all the shots as it steadied the camera which was what we were being marked on. We used 2 different tripods one was given to us by school to borrow and another one was a Gorillapod which one of the members of my group owns. Below is a Gorrilapod.

The brief we were given for the task told us to film in continuity and we had to follow the 180-degree rule and we did this by filming from the same side of the room for the entire scene. It also said that the characters in the scene should exchange a couple lines of dialogue, therefore we made a screenplay which the actors had to follow, however we didn't follow the screenplay to the full extent and cut some bits from the screenplay out due to time. This is something I will have to overcome when it comes to my coursework so that it is as good as possible.