Commission Unit- The Problem With Batteries...

Today has been one massive learning curve for myself and Andy. We began the day by collecting our camera equipment from the Student Halls where I live, and afterwards proceeded to go to the filming location where we planned to collect some footage of parking meters and traffic for our documentary film piece.
Things were going great, and we had just set up one particularly interesting shot when we decided to put the camera battery in to begin recording. As a last minute check however, I decided to check how much charge the battery had left, only to find that it was completely dead. Since we didn't have any back-up batteries either, we could not record any footage whatsoever, and our journey to the filming location was a waste, the realization of which led to this moment:

Luckilly, our filming location was quite close to the UCA Rochester, meaning we could take our equipment there and recharge the battery without having to return home. We managed to collect the transitional shots we wanted for our documentary.

Although the occurrence wasn't directly my fault, I do somewhat feel responsible, since the equipment was booked out in my name, and therefore the upkeep and maintenance of the camera's battery should be my responsibility. In the future, I will be sure to make sure the batteries and equipment is fully prepared the night before a shoot to avoid something like this happening again.
If we had traveled to somewhere like London to shoot and then realized the battery wasn't charged, we could have faced disaster.