A2 Media Progress Diary 5

A2 Media Progress Diary (19/12/14-19/01/15)

Since coming back from the Christmas break we have realized that there are some errors in the filming of the film that we need to correct, so we have had to re-soot our film. Also we have created a questionnaire to find obtain the opinions of the audience of the rough cut for our film. This questionnaire has been posted on alongside the rough cut of our film on you tube. The responses we got from this were analysed then used to improve our film, resulting in some changes to the film. In the coming weeks we expect to be closer to finishing the final cut of the film. Also the music in the film at the moment is basic and doesn't exactly match the film at the moment, so I will be searching to find music that suits the film better.

Re-Filming Sections

Section 1- Bedroom Scene of Hitman waking up - This section of the film is too dark, and when it came to editing it was harder to see the parts that would fit together, as action within the shots just seemed hard to define action/movement
Section 1.b- Bedroom Scene of Hitman waking up - When the Hitman goes to get his phone to take down stairs, there is a shot missing in the middle, and when it is played though it just looks like we have added a jump cut in making it flow less, also by this being too dark it makes it harder to view the Hitmans intentions to grab his phone anyway.
Section 1.c- Door scene - when the door is opened, there isntr a suitable shot of it shutting from the inside and the next best shot is of the hitman opening the parcel from the inside.
-These two sections will need re-filming with extra lighting and more choice of shots for the action sections.

Section 2 - Car Scene - We think that a shot of the Hitman driving the car would be good for when he is driving off to kill Quincey, as the shots lack a sense of the Hitman driving, so a simple close up of his face while he is in the car driving would look good.
- Getting this shot will be hard due to the character playing the hitman not being able to drive (we used another source for the driving scenes) so to achieve a sense of the Hitman driving we will have to frame the shot so that the viewer cannot see the out side, leading up to be able to do the shot while stationary.

Section 3 - Breakfast Scene - When the Hitman is getting the butter out of the fridge, the actor playing the hitman grabs the butter with different hands in different shots and we found it hard to find a shot of shutting the fridge door that matched with any other of the shots round it.
Section 3.b - Breakfast Scene - As the Hitman walks to get the toast from the toaster the camera is placed on both sides of the 180 degree line in two different shots.
Section 3.c - Breakfast Scene - as the Hitman takes

Added Shots in Outside Follow Scene

After the editing process of our film and putting together the shots we shot during principal filming of the follow sequence we came to the conclusion that to break up what felt like a long-winded scene we needed to film and include some close ups of the characters during the scene to give the sense of emotion and tension that the scene carries and that the characters possess. As well as this we need a close up of Alex's character of the hitman when he looks up to see Max's character has disappeared, to break up the action. And finally a close up of Alex drawing his gun, and looking around to find Max's character. Overall these shots will break up a long scene and make it seem shorter and more intense, which improves the overall look and production value of our short film.