Audience Feedback

 

  

 

 This is all of the audience feedback that i got from the people in my class. I think that it was very helpful with giving us suggestions for things that we could do and also it was very encouraging to see that people enjoyed watching our short film.

Test Footage

When filming we tried lots of different ways of filming things and most of the time they worked straight away. However we couldn't find away to film the both of us in the car talking whilst having good sound, good camera positioning and a good quality shot. Below is all of the test footage that we got from trying all of the ways we could think of. Also the last video on this post is of the after effects attempt we had for when we do the murder scene.

Door Camera from Harry Base on Vimeo.

The above video is when me and Harry had the idea of trying to tape the camera to the door. We thought this would be a nice camera angle but when we thought about it Harry's hands would have been blocking the view when he was driving so it wasn't very good. Also the tape wasn't strong enough to hold the camera up because it is quite heavy so when we went around the corner the camera fell off completely as you can see in the video. Also you can see the set up of the taped camera in the picture to the right.

Unscripted Dialogue from Harry Base on Vimeo.

This is our first attempted at filming the both of us driving and talking. We decided not to use this one because we hadn't actually scripted what we were going to say before we tried doing this. After watching this back we thought we definitely needed a script so we have made one and you can see it by clicking on this link - http://year13tavi8403.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/script.html

Holding Camera from Harry Base on Vimeo.

The next attempt was with Harry holding the camera himself and trying to film me talking. This obviously didn't work because Harry had to concentrate on the road ahead of him to drive and not crash. So because he couldn't look at what the camera was doing the shot was terribly positioned, out of focus and very unstable. Because of this we decided that it definitely was unusable so we haven't put it into our short film.

Bad Sound from Harry Base on Vimeo.

This is the final attempt we had when trying to do the dialogue. As Harry was driving I held the tripod and put the camera out of the window so that the shot could see both of us. The sound on it was terrible as you couldn't hear anything that was said.  A way we got over this problem was by using Harry's microphones and putting it in the car. However the camera then needed to be linked to the microphones so we decided that we should do any dialogue when the car was still and film through the windows.

In the photo to the right you can see how we were filming the get away that Harry's character did. For this we put the passenger seat as far forward as it would go and knelt on it whilst putting the camera out of the sun roof. By doing this we thought that it would be good footage to use to show them get picked up by the police. However when filming this the road was very bumpy so i found it very hard to keep the camera still enough to get a good quality shot so in the end we decided not to use it.

Again in the photo to the left you can see a different way that we tried to film the car driving away. This time as you can see we set up the tripod on the roof of glens car so that we could film the back of Harry's get away car. We thought that we would do this because then it would almost look like we were the police car who were after them and coming up from behind. This technique would have been effective if we could keep the camera still because as i said even with the tripod the road was still the bumpy and the camera kept juddering.

 



In the shot to the left you can see the set up we had when we were doing the tracking shots that are at the beginning of our short film. I really wanted to try and put tracking shots into our short film as i think it looks really effective. so we did the by getting a skateboard and piling things on top so that it was at the right height for us to film Harry when he is reading the letter from his girlfriend. I think in the end when we finished filming them they looked really good so we have used all three angles.


I think when we filmed all of these and realised what we were doing wrong they helped to improve the overall look of our final product. I think this because when we first went out to go and film we went out without planning any of what we were going to do or what we were going to say so the next time we went out we were prepared for what we were going to do and the equipment we were going to need. Also looking at how bad some of the shots were it helped us think of different ways of over coming the problems that we had to then get that part done a lot better than we had done it before. So all of the footage that is on here may not be in our actually final product but it has contributed by showing us what we were doing wrong.



Costume Board

This post is all about the costumes that the different characters wear when they are acting in our short film. I have pointed out the main points on each of the different characters outfits and underneath i will write more in depth about what there outfit might suggest about there lifestyle and what they think about themselves when they are going out.

The character above is Nick (Sam's character). I think that by looking at the clothing of this character and how he is wearing them and how he has styled his hair i would say that his lifestyle is quite hectic ad quite active because he is a student at university. I would say this because when you look at this character hair it is quite messy and it looks like he has done it very quickly as if he is in a rush which could suggest and show the hectic lifestyle of a student. Another point would be the lack of a belt. I think that this could mean that the character doesn't have much money because of debt from student loans and not having a job so he has decided that the belt isn't necessary so he doesn't spend any of his money on it. Another point is that he is very stylish because of the skinny jeans and the in trend trainers that he is wearing. However as you can see from the picture both of there are a bit beaten up like he hasn't had the money to go out and buy new ones. Another thing that i saw was that he is wearing his jeans very low. This is then reinforcing the stereotype that youth have.

This character here is the complete opposite of the character before. I think that by looking at him  would say that he has quite a comfortable lifestyle because of the nice belt and watch he is wearing. I would say that these cost quite a lot of money which would suggest that he doesn't really have to worry about money because he has a well payed job as a teacher. Another point i would make is the way that he has styled his hair. It looks like he has spent lots of time on his hair making sure that it is just right. This could suggest that he is wary of how he looks in public and that he takes pride in his appearance. All of his clothing is very slim fitting. I think this could suggest again that he has a well payed job because he might like to stay in fit by paying to go to the gym which again says he has a lot of money. However this also might suggest that he again just likes to take pride in his appearance and takes care of himself by having a healthy diet and maybe goes for runs in his spare time.