Using the 180 degree rule was essential when filming our short film. If this wasn’t used correctly then it would have confused the audience on what exact angle they were watching. Therefore my group would have to use it correctly, especially during the conversation scenes between two people. During scenes 2a and 2b, Taylor (who was in charge of the camera) had to make sure that she followed the eye lines of the two characters as they looked at each other whilst having their conversation.
However when editing the footage afterwards in the edit workshop my group realised that actually we had broken the 180 degree rule and therefore when watching it back it became confusing to the eye to truly understand. Therefore we had to reshoot most of the scenes that we had originally used and it was essential that we kept the 180 degree rule in tact.
However when editing the footage afterwards in the edit workshop my group realised that actually we had broken the 180 degree rule and therefore when watching it back it became confusing to the eye to truly understand. Therefore we had to reshoot most of the scenes that we had originally used and it was essential that we kept the 180 degree rule in tact.
Rule of Thirds were also used whilst filming the conversation scenes. This is a grid that sometimes is on the video camera screen whilst filming which would make sure that the main character focussed on would be the main source on the screen. An example of this on the story board is scene 2 in which I am sitting at a table and because of this I am the only person in shot and where I am positioned does indeed show the Rule Of Thirds. This is used to make sure that the main person or object that is focussed on in the shot can clearly be seen and that they are easier for the audience to follow, especially when they are in some sort of motion. If this isn't used this could easily confuse and disorientate the audience if they are not able to follow the subject of the screen.
Some of the challenges included not having that much time. Taylor, who was the main character of the short film, was not in on one of the days which means that we missed out on some filming time, since it just so happens that we had filmed all of the scenes that did not include Taylor previously that week, which meant unfortunately that the one day we had left to film all of Taylor's scenes and to properly polish off our short film we couldn't film anything. Therefore Josh and I were stuck, so we decided to film some establishing shots of staircases and corridoor's to perhaps set the scene a little more. However even though we believed that these wouldn't make any difference and that we would not use these shots, we found out whilst editing that these definately did come in handy, and that they were best used to pad out the scenes and therefore worked very well within our storyline. To avoid this next time, we would have to plan out our stages of filming a lot better to make sure that a disaster like this didn't happen again.
Another challenge would be the fact that we were originally planning to use another person from our year in our short film, therefore we had written him in the storyboards and planned what he was going to do and say. However we then found out that we weren't allowed to use anyone else since that would mean pulling him from his lesson. Therefore we had to think of a quick solution so that we didn't waste time and that our storyboard would still make sense on a whole even if we changed one of the scenes. To prevent this from happening again, we would have to make sure of our guidelines in the next project in order to avoid disappointment.
Whilst editing, I found a few things that we did very well. The main one was that we had left many seconds to filming before and after the scene actually started. The reason this worked so well was because when it came to editing, leaving a few seconds between the end of one scene and the beginning of another made the whole short film look a lot more realistic. For example, there was a scene where Taylor was walking up a staircase and there is a figure in black walking behind her, then the scene after that is Taylor entering the classroom. Now, because we added a few seconds after Taylor had left the shot in the scene with her walking up the stairs, and also left a few seconds before Taylor had actually approached the door to open it, when editing this all together it appeared as if Taylor had truly walked down a corridoor and then come to the door. It just looked very realistic and altogether we were very pleased with it. The moral of that story is to overshoot everything.
Some of the challenges included not having that much time. Taylor, who was the main character of the short film, was not in on one of the days which means that we missed out on some filming time, since it just so happens that we had filmed all of the scenes that did not include Taylor previously that week, which meant unfortunately that the one day we had left to film all of Taylor's scenes and to properly polish off our short film we couldn't film anything. Therefore Josh and I were stuck, so we decided to film some establishing shots of staircases and corridoor's to perhaps set the scene a little more. However even though we believed that these wouldn't make any difference and that we would not use these shots, we found out whilst editing that these definately did come in handy, and that they were best used to pad out the scenes and therefore worked very well within our storyline. To avoid this next time, we would have to plan out our stages of filming a lot better to make sure that a disaster like this didn't happen again.
Another challenge would be the fact that we were originally planning to use another person from our year in our short film, therefore we had written him in the storyboards and planned what he was going to do and say. However we then found out that we weren't allowed to use anyone else since that would mean pulling him from his lesson. Therefore we had to think of a quick solution so that we didn't waste time and that our storyboard would still make sense on a whole even if we changed one of the scenes. To prevent this from happening again, we would have to make sure of our guidelines in the next project in order to avoid disappointment.
Whilst editing, I found a few things that we did very well. The main one was that we had left many seconds to filming before and after the scene actually started. The reason this worked so well was because when it came to editing, leaving a few seconds between the end of one scene and the beginning of another made the whole short film look a lot more realistic. For example, there was a scene where Taylor was walking up a staircase and there is a figure in black walking behind her, then the scene after that is Taylor entering the classroom. Now, because we added a few seconds after Taylor had left the shot in the scene with her walking up the stairs, and also left a few seconds before Taylor had actually approached the door to open it, when editing this all together it appeared as if Taylor had truly walked down a corridoor and then come to the door. It just looked very realistic and altogether we were very pleased with it. The moral of that story is to overshoot everything.
