Problems With Filming

When we were filming the quick shots for our chase scene we thought about doing a close up of one of the characters faces as they were running. We thought this would be good because it helped give us more variety in shots and would improve the chase scene but when it came to filming the shot itself we had some difficulty. Because Ellie's character was running we found it hard to get a stable and good shot which would show her facial expression because the person filming would also have to be running. We did a trial shot but unfortunately it was too jumpy and we decided to leave this shot out of our orginal final piece.

From past filming projects we had done through out the year we decided it would be best if we started the scenes with a establishing shot to introduce the audience to our location. We thought it would be good to have a pan establishing shot because it starts the scene with energy and movement and this helps introduce the chase scene. I think using a pan helps vary our shots and over all makes the whole scene seem interesting and more exciting. However we decided that this shot didnt really fit as well with the mood of the chase and the upbeat running because it seemed quite peaceful and didnt fit to the genre as well as it could have. After reviewing this shot, if we were to film again we would have used an extreme long shot to get a sense of geography but it would also flow well with the chase scene.

 

For our first draft of filming we scouted out the location and looked around to see where we could film the dialogue scenes to make it fit well to our genre. We found a archway which was slightly shaded and it looked like a good area for the dialogue scene. Unfortunely we had some trouble with the amount of space we had to get the good shots that we needed and we couldn't set the tripod in the right way which meant we constantly had a problem with continuity. Instead we decided to film the dialogue scene somewhere else in order to get a better overall piece.

One Day Presentation

Extra Editing

On 7th March we got permission to use a computer in our media classroom during a lesson to do some more editing with our film. We tightened up the cuts and this made it flow better. We also experimented with some titles and thought more about whether we wanted to position them over the clips or on a separate title.

Editing

While we were editing our opening sequence we found some new effects and me and louise both came a lot more confident and I think our final edit ended up looking good. On our past projects we  realised that we used the fade in and fade out effect to much and this stop the sequence from flowing as well as it could have. For this piece of work we only used the fade effects when it was necessary and made sure it was more fast paced to fit with the chase scene which opened our sequence.

When me and louise were filming we made sure that it would be better if we filmed too many shots for too long rather than too shot ones. This made the editing of each clip a lot easier. For example when it came to the short dialogue scenes we made sure we started filming a few seconds before the dialogue was introduced so when we added all the dialogue sections together it flowed better and didn't cut any of the speech off like we had done in past projects. Me and Louise both came a lot more confident with the programme and were able to improve the clip each time we edited it and managed to tighten up the cuts and make sure the continuity was as good as we could possibly get it.

We also found that we still had some problem with fitting to the 180 degree rule and this effected our continuity in some of the running clips that we had shot. But in the end we were able to flip the two clips that didn't fit to this rule and in the end all the running scenes seemed to flow really well and we were pleased with the pace and the way we had edited the chase scene. 

I have a few posts based on my project that I have not previously posted.

Man On Fire movie effect

When thinking about the effects and titles that we wanted to include in our film I watched some popular action films to get some idea of the types of effects that we could try out. I watch the film Man On Fire staring Denzel Washington and it has some excellent effects throughout the film.

I think the broken and jumpy effect that is used in the trailer and through out the film makes it seem a lot more exciting and gives short action involved clips of the movie to stimulate the viewers imagination and views on the rest of the film. This is something me and louise have decided to use in our opening sequence. We have chosen to put something similar to this at the end of our clip as we think it helps open out the rest of the movie and make it more interesting for the audience and more likely for them to want to watch the rest of the film.

Running split screen trial

This is one of our running scene trials that we did when editing our film. We decided to use the split screen effect. This gave a retro type feel to the film which works well with the type of film we were aiming for. It also keeps the audience interested and makes the whole chase seen look more fast paced.

Final Piece