In this exercise, I had to use the 180 degree rule, rule of thirds and match on action.
I used the 180 degree rule during the conversation that the two students were having at the beginning of the exercise and were the students were talking towards the end of the film, them two conversations are mainly when the 180 degree rule was used. I used it so the audience could identify and orientate where the students were without the whole of the shot being visible without getting confused.
I had to use the rule of thirds during the entire film production. I used the rule of thirds to make sure that the actors eye line on the same level as each other and so the body is lined up on the vertical line. This rule is used to either add tension, excitement or any other type of energy throughout the film .
We had a lot of problems during filming. We would come in to film wearing different clothes or forget items needed for shooting. We broke a few rules like the 180 degree rule which had to be re-shot and in some shots, e.g. where I get taken away by the hooded person, we couldn't keep a straight face. That scene had to be filmed around 10 times before we properly done it. If we was to re-film anything again, I would like to re-shot the scene where I got taken because it wasn't believable and also the scene where Josh and Jada are having a conversation at the beginning because it looked to staged and not like they was having a proper talk like they did in the other scenes.
When editing, we had to cut out a lot of smiles and long pauses, it wasn't really a challenge but took a lot of time. I'd say a main problem was when Josh asks me questions about a text message. In the shots where he asks "Did you get another text?" and "Umm, I don't know.." we had to flip the image the other way round so we didn't break any rules or to confuse the audience. If we was to re-edit, I would of edited out the pauses after when i'm asking Josh about "another" text and the pause at the beginning of his reply..Also to add to that, I personally would like to add in 2 more scenes that we originally forgot to include because it seems confusing at the beginning where there's 2 shots of Jada.
I'd say the strengths of this editing exercise were editing all together. I found it very easy on how to crop bits out and make a scene longer and etc. Also the planning on what to add to the film, we had ideas flowing through our mind so we were never hesitant on where to shoot. I think our main strength overall, were the use of the camera. It was a small device that was easy to set up on the tripod and simple to adjust for shots and we never had problems recording and pausing.
I would say we had 2 overall weaknesses. One was doing the storyboards, we took around 4 lessons trying to decide what we would shoot first and how we would do it, so the storyboards how to be drawn very precisely and perfectly because I was the the drawer and I being a perfectionist had to make it perfect. Jada and Josh had no trouble writing the shot but there were more delays with how long we would shoot a scene for but we eventually got there in the end. The other was time. Because we had a lot of outfit changes, we had to re shot absolutely everything in 1 hour on the last day. We personally didn't think we was going to do it but we did.
Overall, I would like to improve the dialogue we had. It was good enough but seemed to staged and we wanted to make it seem realistic but lacked time to decide what really to say so i personally think we could of improved on choosing dialogue and tone.
No comments:
Post a Comment