1. At a micro, technical level, how well did you observe the conventions of continuity and the language of editing?
Our scene involved a disturbed patient (Danny) talking to a psychiatrist
(Iggy) and his personal secretary (Casey) about his problems on the opposite side of the
table. While the patient is walking to the room, where the psychiatrist is
waiting for him, he bumps into someone that he has seen in the past (Omar). In
the beginning, our Camera men (Iggy and Owen) did an establishing shot of the building
which our scene was situated in. Our first shot was Danny, walking into the
building nervous and anxious, we also have our first match on action scene,
when Danny reaches out to open the door, the camera angle changes into a shot
of just his hands pushing the door open, this creates more effect and suspense. While Iggy and Danny are having the one on one conversation between each other we made sure that we wouldn't break the 180 degree rule as a result, the shots we took came out looking amazing.
I was pleased with many things that we did, firstly i was happy with the fact that everyone was satisfied with each of their roles and also everyone was participating and had equal roles. I was also pleased with the story-line we created, it was very unique and was fun to make. The location we used to take the shots for our scene went perfectly with our psychiatrists office theme, the school itself looked its part, every part of it did remind us of a psychiatrists office. Also the table that we used in one of our scenes for the one on one conversation, really did its part, it really brought the whole scene to life.
3.What mistakes did you make? what would you have done differently?
We did encounter some mistakes, one of them was a camera angle shot which broke the 180 degree rule, this was when Omar and Danny have been confronted by each other in the hall way. Also another mistake we made was when Danny was about to open the door for the psychiatrists office his hand was on the handle, but when we go to the second shot it clearly shows that his hand was not present, as Iggy opened the door on the other side. Another difficulty was the shaky camera. Even though we had a bi-pod some shots required the camera angle to be moved, as a result the camera was kinda shaky at certain points. Furthermore because we were recording shots at a busy school, some of the rooms were busy and were being used by teachers and other people, such as the conference room, also known as the psychiatrists office.
4;How did you manage the group dynamics, equipment and resources?
For our shots we did not need that much equipment; our shots were simple and wasn't complex. We only had one camera and a bi-pod to hold the camera, which was enough for us. The group dynamic was fairly simple. We only filmed on two days. The first day was when we got most of our shots, we finished it quickly; everyone was prepared and knew what they were doing. On the second day, we encountered a few problems which was that, there were lots of teachers messing up our shots, by going on scene by mistake, this delayed the shots and it took us longer to film, unlike the previous day.
5.What problems did you encounter logistically?
While we were trying to take the shots there were lots of people walking around, this delayed us because we had to retake some shots which were kinda long. In one of the scenes when Danny is walking in to the reception area there are teachers and other people waiting inside so we had to wait in order to complete the shots. Everyone in the group got their preferred role and got into it. Everyone knew where to be and when to be there, this was good; it saved more time and allowed us to enjoy filming this.
