Below is the final edit of our test shoot, which is a shoot we do before the main shoot, in order to give us a chance to practice using the equipment, as well as flagging up any problems that may occur during the shoot, or problems with the opening in terms of narrative or continuity.
On our first location:
Our first location was at the top of Yardley Hill in Epping Forest where we had decided to film our master shots, including the all-important scene where Leora teleports.
We faced several problems whilst filming these scenes, some of which were down to the weather. It was very windy on the day of the shoot so it was more difficult than usual to keep the shots still whilst filming. The ground conditions were very muddy and slippery which made it particularly hard for the chase scenes, and even more difficult for Juliette - who was playing Leora - to jump up high without slipping afterwards.
Although we cannot control the weather, we did check the forecasts regularly for over the weekend and managed to film all of our footage just before it started to rain, minimising the obstacles that heavy rain would have caused us.
After finishing our final edit of our test shoot, we got feedback from a teacher, in order to find any problems that we needed to fix for the main shoot, such as continuity errors, for example, or narrative problems.
From this feedback we know we need to:
- take more shots of the chase scenes to create a faster pace and avoid dragging out shots
- improve the costume of the Henchman
- have the Henchman speak louder
- tighten the framing
- add more titles, but not in the dialogue parts
- For the actual shoot, we will make sure that the group and any equipment we have stays behind the camera
- The group have decided that the reason the characters look so slow in the running sequence is because the shots are too long. For our real shoot, we will aim to take shots from various angles so we can cut between them a lot faster, just so the pace of the characters is sped up by the pace at which we cut between the shots.
- We will make sure that Juliette, the actor, jumps and lands in the same place. This will be ensured by just using the same shot of her but editing it so the shots of her jumping and landing look completely different. The shots will be differentiated by the futuristic skyline and the shots will be 'sewn together' using a teleporting effect we aim for the character to have put over her when she teleports.
- Our group aim to organise a choreographer to help us make the scene where the henchman is punched more realistic.
- Our group have decided to practice handheld filming techniques in school hours and in lessons.
- We think that the costume for the henchman is not intimidating enough, and so are working together to redesign his outfit. At the moment a few ideas are that we will either get him to wear a protective vest or a long Sherlock/doctor who-esque jacket (black)
- We have talked to our technician about maybe editing out the reflections in the mask, but he has said that this would be too hard to do well, so the best option is to just try and make sure that we don't have anything out of place in the reflections.
- This will probably sort itself out on the day of shooting, as there are going to be at least two people behind the camera whenever we're filming, just to confer what they think the shot should look like.
- A continuity mistake that we're planning to fix by shooting the whole scene from different angles.
- Our group have looked into buying reflective cases for her phone to make I look more futuristic
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