As a class, we were all assigned different roles and were set the challenge of creating a piece of footage that we would all later, in our groups, edit and render to post as a short film scene. Although I was not assigned an official role, I decided to personally focus on and take notes on continuity and how the actors were set out, which would be called choreography on a professional set.
The hardware and equipment we set up and used included; a Canon 550D EOS camera, an external boom microphone, tripod (to support the camera and keep the visuals still) and an SD card that was used to store the footage on.
The shoot went very well overall. The only issue I personally felt the shoot had was the time we consumed in order to create the shots. However, this could be argued by the fact that this was our first filming shoot and we would did not entirely know what we were doing. We had to learn how to create a piece of footage somehow. We shot many takes and camera angle varieties, including master shots, over the shoulder shots and other interesting angles that would usually be used in short films. These would then be cut into a scene using Final Cut Pro on a Mac.
We got into our group and began editing the footage together. We were focussing on the piece being fluid, creative and pleasant to look at, as well as understanding how visuals and audio work together.
By creating this piece of footage, it allowed us all to practise the use of post-production editing software such as Final Cut Pro and also allowed us to become comfortable with using hardware such as cameras and boom microphones.
It also gave us a much better understanding of how to create well cut clips, especially shots that follow into each other. Part of creating a successful film is to make sure the clips we use cut into each other fluidly. I think our best example of a fluid cut is from 0:04 - 0:06, as our actors movement match up really well through these two shots. I also really like how we'd focus on one of the actors face if they were speaking at some points, giving full attention to them. This taught us how we can present ideas and any important 'objects' in our own films shots, knowing how to focus on points of interest.
We did however have a few issues with noise, which can be heard. Although very faint, there are certain points of the film where noise in the background is slightly louder than other clips. This would be due to the production value rather than the post-production alterations. This problem will need to be tackled sufficiently during the production of our short film project.
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