On shoot at Edale
Prior to our trip to Edale Chris and I came up with a general idea which was a narrative of a man who does not know where he is and needs to find civilisation. I come up with a storyboard and a shot list which we could abbreviate on whilst at Edale. We made sure we had everything we needed and that everything worked, e.g the battery on camera.
The first problem we noticed was that it was raining and in our plan we have a man laying down, falling over and climbing walls, so due to the rain our actor ( Myself ) would need clothes suitable in which he could roll around as much as he would like. Chris kindly got him some of his clothes which he did not mind giving me.
When arriving at Edale we did not know what to expect as we had never been there before so all we could hope is that it was suitable for chris' storyboard, and our idea. After walking around we managed to find a location which was perfect for the shoot. Our main priority was to keep the camera dry, in doing so chris brought along several plastic bags which wrapped around the camera protecting it.
Chris was on camera, he wanted to use different techniques in order to show a wide range of capability. In the edit we have used pans, tilts, POV, focus pulling and zooms.He did this to a very good standard as it looks great in the film. Some of the shots used are handheld as this creates a rush and a sense of worry for the audience which is vital in shots because the film is silent. Chris and I really did think we shot everything we needed, but after going in to post production we realised that we needed a couple more shots, not many but a couple. Apart from that i think the shoot went very well and i was happy that we managed to find the location efficient enough to use relating to my storyboard.
Post Production
Chris and I both wanted to try and edit the piece, then bring the two together to give each other constructive criticism. As we wanted to use our own MacBooks, Chris went out to buy a firewire as we could not get one from the university. After doing so he booked out a camera and bought some DVDs. The editing went well we thought for a rough edit, this was when we both realised that we had a couple of shots missing. We were communicating via Skype to discuss different ways to edit. I finished before Chris, so he took a look at my piece and we both agreed that we would use mine as it was sufficient enough to show our story.
A problem we encountered before taking the film to Debbie was that Chris managed to buy DVD-RW's instead of DVD-R's which was a big problem which we could not do anything about at the time, the only thing we could do it take the MacBook in to university which is what we did.
After taking the edit for Debbie to see she gave us some tips to help create a mood for the audience. Debbie told us to tighten up the middle and make it more fast pace so it shows he is running faster with a sense of urgency. We took it away and did exactly what Debbie had said on my laptop. The films runtime is around 2:30 which is about 50 seconds off what it was. I am happy with the final edit as it successfully shows what we were looking to do.
If i did this again i would make sure that we films more than enough to cover everything that needs to be covered especially cut aways which we did not have many of. Also i would try and be more professional by making sure we take the correct DVD in to be assessed.
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