Making the prelim task

The opening scene to our clip was the hardest to perfect. We had initially decided on an over the shoulder shot of the villain. We wanted this so that we could see the kidnapped individual sat there, unaware of what was going on. However this shot proved difficult to perfect. We attempted this shot numerous times but the main problem was the lighting. So we changed to opening shot to an over the shoulder shot of the kidnapped individual. This proved to be a better choice as we could now see clearly the villain and her hence woman enter the room and sit down all in 1 smooth take. This long take added a little suspense to our prelim film as we waited for them to enter and sit down, all while wondering what was going on. The use of shot reverse shot was a key element within our film. Our dialogue was short and sweet, it had a quick tempo to it and this matched the quick pace of the shot reverse shot. The plot was that this kidnapped individual had supposedly stolen money from the villain, and the villain has kidnapped them in an attempt to regain their riches. The plot is easy to follow because of the dialogue. The first thing that is said is “where’s my money”. From this we know that money is missing and that the villain believes this man has taken it. There is a slight element of comedy within our clip as the 2 villains are women and the kidnapped individual is a male. This is funny as this is not normally the case. It is funny to see this man be kidnapped and beaten by these 2 women. My favourite clip within the short film is the slap scene. In this section the Hench woman is ordered to hit the kidnapped male. So she steps up and throws a devastating blow to the face. However she did not actually hit him. Instead I filmed from the side that was not getting hit. This makes sure that you cannot actual see him get hit. But when the slapping sound is added it looks like a really good slap. The slapping noise we made ourselves, while filming this section of the short film, I stood behind the camera and clapped my hands when it looked like she had made contact. This worked well as my hands were closer to the camera that the actors meaning that the sound of the slap became the main focus because it was so much louder than everything else in the scene. The editing process took longer than the filming process of the film. We used abode premier pro to edit and put all of our clips together. This software was easy to use and had many littler features that could benefit the making process of the film. It had pre-loaded transitions that we took advantage of to finish our film of. However despite all of this there are still a few things that I would have changed or tried to better to ensure that the film would be better. The main thing that I would change if I were to do it again would be to focus the camera. There are some times within the film where the footage is a little blurry, this makes the film appear cheap and of poor quality. So if I were to film again I would take a little extra time to focus the camera to make sure that the footage is not blurry.