CONSTRUCTION:REFILMING THE DATE SCENE

We decided that to maintain a high quality and sleek look to our short film, we would once more re-film the date scene for our short film. We decided to set the scene in Ambers kitchen, setting it up to look as if it were a modern cocktail bar. We chose to write a rough script for the actors to follow so that the scene had direction and did not become silent or dull. This alternate location meant we were able to place the camera a lot closer to the actors, which meant there voices were picked up a lot better, by the camera and sounded clearer as well as there was no issue of background noise to interfere with the main dialogue. 

The previous footage lacked in skill full and eye catching camera angles and movements and so we wanted to include a range. Previously we had only used wide shots and over the shoulder shots, whereas this time we used shots such as two person mid shots, extreme close ups, focus pulls and reverse zooms.  The pull of focus proved effective as it communicates to the audience what is really important in the shot, it goes from putting the glasses in focus to placing the couple in focus. This is done to show the two engaged in conversation and clearly getting along well.

I made an ANIMOTO to display the film making process:

Snapchat Story. Filming the getting ready scene


EDITING:

Important aspects we wanted to focus on in the editing process of this scene included:
Sound- We used a sound bridge to connect a change in dialogue and visuals, to suggest a change of time, as if the date had progressed.

We used a cross dissolve, to make sure the footage didn't look choppy and that it flowed together smoothly, this feature also helped to suggest the movement of time, so that the audience know the date is longer than the footage they see.

To ensure our extreme close up was as tight as possible, whilst still being in focus and that it only showed two champagne glasses we cropped the shot using iMovie.