Opening Sequence - Practice

Before we began filming for our final piece we decided to have a run through of the opening sequence in order to try out different shots and angles. We felt that a run through would help us to decide on what we wanted our final piece to contain as well as over come any problems that we hadn't anticipated. After we filmed the short sequence below and edited it we felt that some changes should be made to make sure that our final sequence was of a high standard. I felt that the movement of the main character was to quick so we next time we filmed we made sure that she walked and moved with a slower pace, this will help the piece to not come across as too rushed. We also felt that a photograph would have more feeling and be more sentimental, rather than having an image on the phone. The colour should also be darker and not as bright as this will help to create a more mysterious feel.

The practice was a good opportunity for our group to make final changes and organise our ideas before filming for the real thing. 

Preliminary Task

Here is the video of our preliminary task completed.
When filming it was important we kept our shots continuous and Megan followed through with her moments. This really helped when it came to editing as it allowed the clips to come together smoothly and prevented the scene looking jerky or unnatural. Areas that we struggled with was mostly timing and location. We filmed in chronological order and we managed to complete the first half in just a few takes, however when we moved to the other side of the door our location was compromised. Seeing as it the first part went so well we decided to wait until the location was clear and then continue filming rather that restarting somewhere new, looking back I feel this was a good decision. When filming in the future I will always make sure that my chosen location will be clear for a sufficient amount of time to avoid something like this happening again.
The actors with in the scene also made some mistake which caused laughted, this was totally acceptable seeing as it was our first time but we soon began eating in to the time that we had to film. We were happy how the match on action shot turned out although the last shot could have been improved by the framing being better and not being as obstructed. I would say this wasted time caused the messy ending which if had the chance we would redo.
This is a good lesson learnt as when it comes to our final product we do not want any areas of it to come across messy or un-neat.

Scene Recreation Task

As a team we were set the task of recreating a short clip from a film of our choice. We chose the first minute of the song scream in High School Musical 3, we chose this clip as it had a variety of different shots, movements and angles such as panning and low angle shots. The clip was also very simple and would not be to difficult for us to have a go at recreating, here is a video of the clip.

Before we could could begin filming we had to decide on appropriate locations for the clip, we had to story board so we new what shots we were aiming for, how long they would take and how many shots we were going to end up with. We also needed to think about any props and how much time we had to film in. After filming we then started to think about editing and and effects we wanted to add. Here is the final out come.

We tried to imitate key parts of the scene as close as possible.