Today's class was stressful yet productive. We got straight to editing our challenge shoot scenes as we were only given 20 minutes.
When my group was editing our footage, we immediately spotted two problems. The first one was that Robert had smiled in all the trials of footage we had filmed while he was saying his dialogue. Fortunately, we were able to cut a little part of it out. The second problem was that our transitions were very abrupt and did not flow together. I tried doing an audio overlay but the clips would move and the audio sync would've completely messed up. Therefore, we just had to keep it the way it originally was.
After the 20 minutes or so, Ms Rosati held a screening time to watch all the other groups' film.
Sophia, Jessica & Jade- They had used all the required angles properly which really expressed the tension in the scene. Although they did not have any time, adding music would've really brought out the emotion. They needed to be careful of the way their body parts were positioned in between clips.
Abraham, Chun Ngai and Andrew N- They had the most clever looking credits and starting text. However, their framing could've been better and Ms Rosati had told us they had "broken the 180 degree rule". After some explaining, I really understood what it meant (On one clip the camera is on a certain side, but on the next clip it's on the opposite side). I hope this will make me more aware of my camera angles when filming this unit.
Harry, Erik and Justin- Their story line was really thought out and creative. The music matched very well with the whole scene. They could've used better angles for the shot-reverse-shot scenes because the camera was positioned right on their face and from time to time they happened to look straight at the camera. There was another scene which had a very obvious jump cut which they could've worked on if they had more time.
Allegra, Ariana and Isabelle- Their storyline and dialogue were very original and understandable. They could have worked on their angling and positioning because when they had a Medium Long Shot, we could not see the actors' feet. The location sort of contrasted between the main character so she appeared a little out of focus.
Max, Andrew D and Alfred- The storyline was yet the most hilarious out of all the groups. They used the right camera angles and the transitions flowed smoothly. However, they had forgotten to remove the camera and tripod bag in the frame, making it very obvious yet absurd. Their use of audio suited the scene perfectly but they could've lowered the sound a bit because we could hardly hear what the actors were saying.
After the screening, Ms Rosati told us a little bit about time management as this was one of the key factors of this challenge shoot. She asked us to write about how we would time manage in film. Personally, I would first discuss with my group what days we are all available because it's a big group effort. Then after deciding, we would choose the scenes that could be filmed in school (if needed), then split the scenes into the available days where the location isn't at school. We would also leave a few days for final editing and touching up.
Overall, I really enjoyed today's lesson because not only did I learn something new from our film, but also something new from everyone else's. I'm looking forward to starting this unit!
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