Our group went into the editing suit and decided to use a live cutter machine as the main prop. Our two actors were Russian speakers, so we decided to make the dialogue culturally diverse by doing it in Russian and English. I really enjoyed working as a team as everyone had good ideas that we incorporated into our film. I was given the task of director which I also enjoyed as I learnt how to organise and make sure everyone was ready before filming, by saying phrases like ‘stand by’, ‘rolling’ and ‘action’. I also was aware of the job of continuity; so made sure that every time we started filming again everything would match up, eg making sure the man sat down on the right side of the chair every time so we could cut them together and they would flow and look like they were all filmed at once.
While filming it gave us an idea of just how long it takes to film even just a few minutes of a clip. Before doing this task I thought that you filmed each shot just once, however when doing this task I learnt that you film the whole scene in each angle. This made the process quite long as we had to film the whole sequence every time we changed the angle of the shot.
I highly enjoyed the filming experience however I did not like having to spend a long time having to sort out technical problems, such as bubbling the tri-pod as much as the actual filming.
Everyone worked very well in the group and contributed equally. Before taking action on any ideas we made sure everyone agreed with the decision. I think I took an equal part in creating the film as I directed where the camera went making sure we followed the 180 degrease rule.
When choosing our location we thought we should not over complicate things too much so decided on the editing suit where there were some good props. Using the technical equipment we created a story line; our actress wore headphones and used the props to show she was trying to work the machinery and achieve a task, whereas our actor was clearly in charge, ordering her what to do.
If we could do it again I would like to do more unique shots of details, eg a close up of the girl working the machine. However we did get to film some additional shots; we filmed a low angle shot of the man to make him look more powerful and in control. We also did a close up of him walking in so you can only see his feet. However this shot was not very good as we manually panned the camera to follow his feet, which made it a bit unsteady and shaky. In the future if I want to achieve a shot like this I might try filming it with no tri-pod and place the camera on the floor.
All in all I really enjoyed the experience and it was good practise to see how to use the camera and gave us an idea of how long the process of filming is.
Our story board
Prelim video
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