Scene and Shot Planning
Due to how the majority of my scene ideas and shot plans are messy and hard to understand, they have all been recreated in Photoshop in the hope of making things easier to read.
First Rough Idea Layout:
The first rough idea layout was me in some spare time just jotting down rough ideas that could possibly be used as shots or scenes and then trying to fit it all together into some sort of story.
Second Idea Layout:
The second idea layout then put all of these together into a more detailed shot breakdown, thinking about whether the shots would be wide, mid or close up, and whether they would incorporate some sort of camera movement.
Appologies for the mistake in this image, it should obviously be point 14 last not 12.
The final shot breakdown then refined this even further, incorporating any new ideas that had been developed since the last, and removing any shots that I felt wouldn't work; such as the fan shot would no longer be plausible as the fan is broken and won't spin.
Testing Shots
After talking to Sarah, it was agreed that shot testing would be done on the first day of filming, this decision was reached due to how it would be easier to set up compositions etc. whilst Sarah was with me as she is very tall and this made setting up shots quite difficult.
Also, the lighting set ups of natural light change every day, and so there wasn't a huge amount of point deciding on camera settings etc the day before, when the lighting will be different when it comes down to filming it.
Pull Focus Testing:
The first set of tests done were the pull focus shots. This is something I haden't tried before and so a few attempts at each were needed.
The first few tests with the glass on the table were trying out different speeds and timings for the pull focus.
The second set of tests of the doorbell were testing angles and brightness settings of the camera, due to how some angles were showing the reflection of the camer in the window, and I didn't want the lamp to be too overexposed.
The third set of test were of the ceiling lamp and these were in order to gain an idea of how to pull the focus from two extremes and at what speed.
Sparkler Scene Testing:
The second piece of test footage was focusing on testing the sparker shots outside.
Different angle and different lighting was tested, including moving the reflecter boards and using a small led light.
then different lighting settings were tested for the close up sparkler shot as well as how close to the camera to put the sparklers so that they were the only things you could see and the rest would be blacked out.
Upstairs Tracking Tests:
At first different lighting set ups were tested, inlcuding the use of a redhead light (which was later rejected due to it looking far too bright). After this the use of the track was tested several times and a speed was agreed at which to move the track and for Sarah to walk.
Dinning Shot Tests:
The next set of tests were for the eating alone scene where I was once again using the track; this time through a doorway. This was tested several times at different speeds and under different lighting set ups using different lights within the room aswell as a small led light and different reflecter board positions. This then had to be matched up again for the second shot.
The track for the second shot was proving rather difficult and so the track position had to be changed a few times until the camera movement looked smooth enough.
Answering the Door Tests:
One shot that I expected to take a lot of testing and a lot of attempts was the shot where Sarah comes downstairs to answer the door. This was quite and arkward camera move which involved the camera being on a track, starting with a pan down and then a rotation and track in.
The lighting set up was already very nice and so this was left as it was and only the movement was tested at different speeds.
Initial Edit:
Changes to be Made:
- More cut aways need adding in to help aid the flow of the footage from one shot to another.
- The large wide shot of the arch window doesn't fit with the rest of the footage as it is far to bright and it is obvious that this was lit with a red head and not the actual lights within the room.
- The credits appear far too early and need moving back to be ontop of the close up sparkler sequence.
- The shots of her on her phone and her on her laptop don't match colour wise and look too odd stuck next to each other like that.
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