Preliminary task

Planning:

We were first given a stimulus of two people having a conversation. We then had to create an idea of what this conversation could be about. After that, we were put into groups to share our ideas and then decide on which one we wanted to film as a group, for us, this was 'Covering up a murder'. We then created a rough script, discussed how we were going to film it and from what angles and finally we decided on a place to film. As out piece was quite dark and gritty we decided on filming in front of a distressed wall to symbolise the "murderers" distressed mind.

Filming:

The first thing we did was decided where we wanted to film it and where the actors should stand and what angles we thought would fit the scene best. After doing that we rehearsed a couple of times to make sure that we were where we wanted and to make sure we were all in frame and it was a good place to film. We then filmed multiple takes from different angles so we had different view points to work with in the editing process.

Editing:

We firstly skimmed through all of the footage we filmed to get an idea with what angles and shots we had to work with. These shots included and close up of the "murderers" face, a medium shot and a wide shot. We experimented with different shots to see which ones we thought looked best before finally coming up with a rough version of the piece. After that, we added in transitions such as "cross fade" and added in clip filters such as "Vignette" to make sure it flowed well and had the overall effect we wanted it to before finally adding music to create a tense and dark atmosphere.

Overall:

I am content with the outcome of our short film but there is definitely room for improvement. For example, I am happy with the vignette effect as I think it helps bring out the dark theme of the piece but I am unhappy with is the audio because it was a windy day and the sound of the wind sometimes over-powered the sound of the actors in the piece (us). A final thing that I am happy with is the handheld camera work because it represents the "Murderer's" brain and her thoughts.