I was in a group with one other person, and this meant double the work load, however this didn’t make filming the scene any less fun, and it was probably more rewarding at the end of it, to see our finished piece.
I took the roles of cinematographer and director. However, these roles didn’t go to my head. We based our film on teenage drama and the situations that young adults find themselves in.
Lewis and I started out with a lot of different ideas, ranging from a teen drama to comedy and after talking to Tom, we decided this would work best, as most simple things do.
Although we deviated from the script that we had set out, we managed to improvise, and it turned out quite well.
The point of writing a script was that we had a basic outline to go on, so that the actors weren’t stalling in front of the camera.
Lewis and I spent a lot of time trying to work out a script and a basic plot that we could use, as we realised that if we included a lot of swearing or offensive language, it would automatically be less viewable by a large audience.
During the editing of our film, Lewis and I found making the shots join together without jumps quite difficult.
Due to the lack of shots that we could use, we had to use some shots that don’t really fit with the whole scene, such as the cat on the stairs. It is also a lot shorter than it should be.
The part where Liam hits Lewis is rushed and doesn’t make complete sense.However, the sound from the camera wasn’t at all bad, and therefore we didn’t have to add much in the way of sound clips. We enhanced the sound of Lewis walking on the gravel, and the traffic, as well as adding a punching sound, and a crash for when Lewis fell on the floor.
We spent a lesson getting some music together on Garage Band to get some music to use and the beginning and end.I think that considering that there were only two of us in a group, so we had double the work to do, our finished product, although short, isn’t of a bad standard.
If we had had a chance to re-film some of it, we definitely would have done, because there is a lot of things that we could have improved.
The film that our scene comes is based on two university students who are finding it increasingly difficult to deal with each others habits. One of them is a party-animal, and likes nothing better than to go to the pub or a club and stumble home at three in the morning. The other is much more concerned with his studies, and tries to look out for his housemate as much as he can.
As I was the director and cinematographer I had complete control of the camera, and I realise that I could have shot a lot more, so we might have had a chance to make it longer and run more smoothly, and make more sense.
However, when we got given advice by Jake Wynne, it was too late to film anymore, as the deadline for the rough copy was the following Monday, and we would not have had time to edit and redo all the sound, so we tried to make it better on the advice that he had given us, although there wasn’t much that he said other than work on the sound a tad more that we could do.
Both actors used aren’t used to acting in front of the camera, and we didn’t really film in a tradition film set manner, so there was quite a bit of laughter, which we’ve edited out.
I think that the fact that there were two in our group should be taken into consideration, as we had double the workload to everyone else, and were the smallest group in the class, but I think that we overcame the problems by trying our level best to double our efforts.
However, I don’t think that that is an excuse for our shortfalls, and gladly accepting that had we filmed more shots, we could have created a longer film.I think that although the film is shorter than we anticipated, we put our best efforts into it, and as director I am pleased with how it turned out.
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