re-shoot (1)

Okay, so before the holidays, Bhavika, Mia, Mary and I came to the conclusion that we HAD TO reshoot. Why?
Well our dialogue shots between Mia and me was pretty abismal. We managed to get the eyeline matches completely wrong, and the framing was not perfect either. Also, in places the lighting was much too dark. So we all went away for the christmas holidays, knowing that there would be more shooting to come in 2009! :)
REFLECTIONS
I have to admit, after being pretty diappointed, I realised that actually re-shooting was a good thing. I learnt a lot from the mistakes we had made, and how vital something as seemingly easy as eye-line matching is. (Get it wrong, and the scene is pretty uncomfortable watching!)
The Re-shoot went well i thought, and we even managed to get some extra footage to improve our opening sequence further.
The new dialogue, is more professionally acted, and the lighting now looks incredible.
Overall, the sequence is going well, and I feel much more confident now that all the footage is looking good!
Now, all we have left is to edit in the amazing way that we do =]

Idea Change - The Shoots afterwards

On Wednesday 3rd December, during our group meeting, Bhavika had a sudden brain wave about how to make our original idea even more unnerving and scary! :D
Having look backed at the footage from our first real shoot, the group made a unanimous decision, that actually, it just wasn't scary enough. Queue Bhavika's new idea! Bhavika's vision consisted of several close ups of Mia getting ready, put together, rather than one smooth sequence. The revelation of this vision prompted Mary to suggest we interrupt each short take, with a longer one, making the sequence more pacey and causing the build up of suspense. We decided together, to have the lengthier shots as our credits! However, we decided to stick to our original plot, varying the story board slightly.

The Shoot - Final Idea
The shoot after olur final idea was established went very well! We managed to get all the shots that we needed without any problems. Our lighting was working amazingly, and everything seemed to fit with our vision.
I think what worked particularly well was how we rotated the duties. This meant that everyone got a chance to so various jobs, and so it was never montonous or boring for anyone.
I think that now that we all had a vision in mind, we were able to work more efficiently and productively.

Overall, I'm very pleased with the process so far and group dynamics are better than ever!! :)

Post Real Shoot

Well Hello there!!!
I have just returned from our first REAL shoot!! I thought it was best to blog my thoughts now, while everything is fresh in my head!
Firstly: mise-en-scene = WOW.
I think we arranged everything so convincingly!!
The things that were most successful today were:
- Mise-en-scene...sooo perfect
-Getting each shot arranged perfectly
-Organising sound
-Perfecting the dialogue
-Finalising the costume (which looks great!)
-Getting every shot from this setting! (We met our target! woo hooo)

Things to remember for next time:
- I know its no fault of Mary's, but i would have loved it if she was there the whole way through!!
- Have props wayyy before hand! There was a lot of running around.

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