A few weeks ago in groups of 4 we filmed another short clip to edit together with dialogue in it bringing in more camera composition and the skills of how to record sound when filming, and to understand how to film a dialogue obeying the 180 degree rule etc, then to edit all together and make it flow nicely with all the shots that we had filmed.
when coming to filming this little scene after having a camera workshop in the past i think as a group we felt a lot more confident, than last time, as we had noticed our mistakes from the last time and knew what we had to watch out for. For example making sure that the camera is level with the people you are filming, and not on a tilt so then it would look off centre. We also had to watch out for the 180 degree rule with this shoot, making sure that the camera does not cross an imaginary line where everything will look the opposite way round. With the previous workshop we realised that we need to keep an eye on continuity also so we looked out for that when reshooting.
The main problem we faced was making sure that we bubbled the tripod as we kept realising that it looked to be slightly off centre, but without reviewing the footage we didn't know if we did all the shots like that so me and Max decided to reshoot the ones we did prior just to play it safe, also the actors on the camera sometimes didn't say the same thing for every shoot, so me and Max when it came to editing had to make it look like everything was said in one continuous take.
I feel like what we could have done to improve our shoot would have been to take our time and be more relaxed with each shot, as we originally felt quite rushed until we finished and realised we had time to go on for at least another 10 minutes. this would have also allowed us to get a few more filler shots incase something doesn't add up when editing, so then we would have a clip to sub in. The one thing i think i need to take forward when it comes to my official shoot for my opening sequence would be to not panic and take my time with everything, and check everything adds up on camera.
When it came to editing in premiere pro we quickly looked through all our shots that we did to check which ones were the best and that we wanted to use for our final edit to publish, After we would take one by one and review it and add it into the final edit, and make sure all the clips work together. when choosing the clips we would cut the beginning parts of the clip as it would have the crew saying action. The reason we start recording before the acting happens is to make sure that we don't miss any of the dialogue.
What we learnt this time round when it came to editing was the skill to unlink the video clip and the 2 audio clips so we could delete the one with no audio on it. when placing all the clips in the right places we had to make sure the video clip we wanted to play was on top and the audio was in the on the same line as the rest of the audio clips so that we could put a fade out and in so that when cutting between clips it doesn't sound like a cut with the audio. This allowed to make the final edit look like it's all been in the same take, and flow nicely.
One main problem we faced we had was with our mid shot when Elias as when he sat down we had so much head room at the top, I felt like we could have zoomed in a bit more just to cut out the amount of headroom that we had in the shot. another problem we had with a later shot was with the close ups with elias and Alice's faces as we zoomed out to far after we focused that makes it look slightly that her face has been stretched and not as close as it should be for a close up, it was also on a bit of a tilt upward and not straight on, other than these few issues everything seemed to be ok. For example we never broke the 180 degree rule but got extremely close to the line. For next time I'll make sure to check the close ups and the camera composition before editing.
when it comes to our real sequence to make sure that before editing everything is how it should be we will need to take our time and shoot each shot a few times to make sure we have lots of backups to choose from, also with our final edit to fine tune when the fade out and fade in comes in and out as you can still slightly hear the shots from cutting in and out between them. Overall I think this was a very good attempt and will help me improve a lot before shooting our real opening sequence. I Have attached our final edit of our dialogue scene below.
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