Filming and Editing

Myself and my group filmed our preliminary film on Wednesday the 3rd of February. I was the camera operator and was fairly nervous about how well I was going to do. The day before the filming took place I was able to have a look at the camera that I was going to be using and get to grips with how it operated. This was very helpful as it allowed for us to get straight on with film the next day rather than have me learn how the camera worked on the day.
The location that we had chosen for the filming was a set of rooms within Weymouth College’s media block. The rooms M001 and M002 are used as a radio/recording studio. We chose to film in these rooms because the large window that joins the two rooms together was perfect for the idea of our film. The window allowed for us to show the ‘body’ of the unconscious person within a separate room whilst still filming in the same room as the main actors. The only downside to using the room M002 was the fact that there was limited space due to most of the room being taken up by a large desk. This meant that getting into a position to get the framing right was very difficult. I ended up having to stand as far back into the corners of the room as possible to get the desired shots and as not to break the 180 degree rule. For the shot where the unconscious body can be seen through the window we had problems with getting the best framing for the shot. We wanted to get a two shot but with the body within view as well. This was eventually achieved by me standing up against the wall with my back to the actors viewing the shot through the camera’s screen. This was very awkward but we were able to get the shot that we wanted. The other problem with getting this shot was the fact that the lighting in the room made my reflection in the glass of the window very visible. We overcame this by having me stand with my back to the room with my hood up. This rendered my reflection almost invisible. One of the only things I would have done differently when I filmed would have been to use the tripod like a mono pod instead of trying to hold the camera steady. This would have given us better quality shots and also a chance to frame the shots better. The only other problem that occurred on the day of filming was that one of our actors was unable to show up. This nearly meant that we would have been unable to film on that day. However I was able to ask a friend if they could fill in and luckily they could.
With the editing of the film we had to watch each of the takes very carefully to find the best one of each shot and the ones that best fit together. Lilly and Amelia mainly dealt with the editing although I gave my opinion on how the shots fit together and which shots looked the best and had the best sound quality.

Below is the completed film.



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