2. 18/10/12; Started to shoot our pre-lim exercise.
Group Members: Me, Lacey, Farhana and Palwasha
Shooting the preliminary exercise was a good way to get use to
using different shot types and filming in a continuous order; this
helped show what our strength and weaknesses were.
We used the same strategy we would normally use when starting
to film our final piece; for example we made a quick script and
synopsis, and made notes of what shots we would use.
We all worked as a group, which would defiantly come in handy
when we worked on our final production.
The plan and the idea.
Prelim Rough Script
EXT. Midday. School
An extreme close up of watch , which pans and zooms out. We then
see a low shot of Lacey’s shoe tapping.
Palwasha walks through the door, which is a low shot. She walks up to
Lacey and hands her an envelope.
Palwasha:
“You only have 48 hours”
Lacey:
“And what if I dont it?”
-LONG PAUSE-
Palwasha:
“48 hours”
An extreme long shot of Palwasha walking away, keeping her eye
contact with Lacey. We see a close up of Lacey’s expression and her
opening the card.
She pulls out the letter which is in an extreme close up; looks down and
sees a familiar face.
3. We first started to create our rough cut; which was where our shots should be placed,
and where the continuity would make sense for the final piece. When looking back on
the shots we used, we do have a range of different shot types such as close ups, long
shots and a use of the 180' rule.
We then started our precision editing; personally I thought we edited the beginning to
an intermediate level. We got the continuity shots at a good place, but then realised
there was a jump cut after the entrance of Palwasha through the door therefore we
went out and shot again to try and cover that up. This was kind of an issue as Lacey
was not wearing the same clothes therefore we just got Palwasha's scene and tried to
blur out Lacey.The lighting of the opening was not a big deal as the natural lighting
complimented what we were doing.
I think our most successful shot was the long shot of when Palwasha was
walking away from Lacey; the lighting with this shot was very good as
we didn't plan on how it would be dark when she had given Lacey the
envelope and when she walked away she went into the light, the natural
lighting went very well with this shot. Even though this means the
lighting is not continuous it fits in as this went well with the next shot.
4. Targets to improve if given the chance again-
We need to work on our sound edit as the beginning is natural with the background
noise such as the opening of the door and the taping of the shoes, however needs a lot
of work done to it. At one point we have cut the sound from a different shot, and
placed it in the shot used for the final piece, but the cutting hasn't been done to the bet
standard.
Also, the picture edit needs a bit of work done to it as well, as some shots have been
placed on top of each other and some repeat. I think we did not get to complete the
picture edit to the best quality as we had to go out and re-shoot some shots, which
wasted some of our time. In addition to this, the first shot if the watch is bot in focus,
which we only realised at the end.
