Filming our 'Preliminary Match Cut', took about 3/4 of our 3-hour Media session. Coming up with the idea of a student walking into detention was our first and final idea, which personally, worked successfully.
We filmed in the corridor of college to create the atmosphere of an genuine setting: a school building (in this case a college).
We first began the clip with a close-up shot of the back of Sammie's shoes as she walked up the stairs, we then changed the position of the camera to film her from in front of her. Filming this was a problem as we had to make sure she 'stopped-and-froze' in one position in order to obtain continuity.
After Sammie got to the top of the stairs, she looked outside the window and with a point-of-view shot, the camera followed to where she looked then back to face her.
Our first match-cut sequence was of Sammie reaching for the door handle, opening it and then walking through.
This too was difficult to film as, with different shots to film, continuity had to be created yet positions of the actor kept changing. In the end, we were able film what we wanted.
The order of the match-cut sequence included:
-A close-up of Sammie's hand reaching for the door handle
-An over-the-shoulder shot of Sammie opening the door
-A view from behind the door (infront of Sammie) of Sammie still opening the door and then walking through
-An over-the-shoulder shot is used again as Sammie approaches me.
We used shot-reverse-shot as each person spoke, and a wide shot of both characters to establish a relationship between us two.
Editing our 'Preliminary Match Cut' did not take an awful long time, however, by the deadline time to hand in our final match cut, we did not have enough time to produce a soundtrack which varied with different instruments and tunes. Yet, we were able to edit a single soundtrack to play whilst Sammie made her way from the stairs to the detention room, and even to decrease in volume whilst each character spoke.
From this exercise, we have learnt not to spend too much time on filming so more time on editing can be spent. As important as filming is, editing creates the final product therefore, more time is necessary for this.
Though this experience was stressful as many shot were not appropriate for this short match cut exercise, it was an enjoyable one; I would certainly want to re-do this acitvity yet with a more challenging task (topic).
We filmed in the corridor of college to create the atmosphere of an genuine setting: a school building (in this case a college).
We first began the clip with a close-up shot of the back of Sammie's shoes as she walked up the stairs, we then changed the position of the camera to film her from in front of her. Filming this was a problem as we had to make sure she 'stopped-and-froze' in one position in order to obtain continuity.
After Sammie got to the top of the stairs, she looked outside the window and with a point-of-view shot, the camera followed to where she looked then back to face her.
Our first match-cut sequence was of Sammie reaching for the door handle, opening it and then walking through.
This too was difficult to film as, with different shots to film, continuity had to be created yet positions of the actor kept changing. In the end, we were able film what we wanted.
The order of the match-cut sequence included:
-A close-up of Sammie's hand reaching for the door handle
-An over-the-shoulder shot of Sammie opening the door
-A view from behind the door (infront of Sammie) of Sammie still opening the door and then walking through
-An over-the-shoulder shot is used again as Sammie approaches me.
We used shot-reverse-shot as each person spoke, and a wide shot of both characters to establish a relationship between us two.
Editing our 'Preliminary Match Cut' did not take an awful long time, however, by the deadline time to hand in our final match cut, we did not have enough time to produce a soundtrack which varied with different instruments and tunes. Yet, we were able to edit a single soundtrack to play whilst Sammie made her way from the stairs to the detention room, and even to decrease in volume whilst each character spoke.
From this exercise, we have learnt not to spend too much time on filming so more time on editing can be spent. As important as filming is, editing creates the final product therefore, more time is necessary for this.
Though this experience was stressful as many shot were not appropriate for this short match cut exercise, it was an enjoyable one; I would certainly want to re-do this acitvity yet with a more challenging task (topic).
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