We were set a task to practice continuity and camera
technique by filming a sequence which included:
- A door being opened
- Match on action
- A conversation (involving shot reverse shot)
I worked with Callum and Rochelle and I believe our final
product was successful, even after the problems we had during filming. Its success was due to the fact that our subject wasn’t
‘over-the-top’, but was quite basic: a girl was upset because her goldfish had
died. Also, we re-recorded shots from
different and the same angles to make sure we had enough shots to choose from
for the purpose of continuity.
The first day we filmed, I felt our concentration was more on an entertaining storyline than lots of interesting shots. When filming, we didn’t experience any problems until we tried to record out footage into the computer; this was when we realised our footage was faulty and we discovered that this was due to the camera being faulty, so we had to re-film everything. When we filmed next, we changed our idea to something simpler so that we could concentrate on the techniques and a variety of angles to use.
Our group worked well together and appreciated each other’s
suggestions during both the filming and editing stages. When editing, we concentrated on the
continuity between shots before focusing on the audio. We decided to have music until the start of
the dialogue, as we thought that everyday background noises wouldn’t attract the
audience’s attention and we wanted them to feel emotion before they actually
knew what the story was about. So the
music and images at the beginning were going to be quite intense and for the
end credits we wanted a more comedic feel to reflect the contrast to the
audience’s original expectations.
As Rochelle and I starred in the film, Callum did most of the filming, although Rochelle and I often gave our suggestions on shots and Rochelle helped with filming the earlier scenes that I was appearing in. We all contributed well during editing; when any of us suggested something, the others would allow them to try it out and see how it looked. I concentrated on keeping an eye on continuity by cutting clips and marking in and out at the correct times.
As Rochelle and I starred in the film, Callum did most of the filming, although Rochelle and I often gave our suggestions on shots and Rochelle helped with filming the earlier scenes that I was appearing in. We all contributed well during editing; when any of us suggested something, the others would allow them to try it out and see how it looked. I concentrated on keeping an eye on continuity by cutting clips and marking in and out at the correct times.
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