Second Practical, Filming and Editing

After doing our planning we got to work on filming our film. We started with the low shot of the character walking towards the camera, it took a few shots to decide what angle and height we should have the camera. We then decided that the most affective angle was to have the camera on the floor with nothing holding it up. We then had Ben walk towards the camera, starting with only showing his shoulders down to his feet, this was affective because it left the audience in suspense of who the person is. We also thought that if Ben was carrying a bag it would make the film more exciting for the audience as they would want to know what's inside it. While filming this shot we talked about sound effects we would add into this clip, we all agreed that we would use a simple walking click of the heels sound, because Ben's shoes didn't make the right noise, this would be effective as it would make the scene more intense. We then moved on to the next shot which was the back of Ben's shoes, as he stepped over the camera, while editing this we had to make it smooth to fit in with the shot we had done just before. It took a bit of time to edit it to fit in with the shot before, but once it was done it looked very affective and professional. 

We added in an extra shot, which was Ben turning and with his feet facing the camera and the camera on the floor, in front of the door. We thought this was effective as the audience still hasn't seen who the character is, and also because we were still using the same camera shot. 

The next shot was of the door opening, we decided to do a shot of the door knob twisting for about five seconds, we thought this was effective as it held the tension, then slowly opening the door... The next scene was of Ben walking into the room, this is when the audience first see Ben's face. We decided to do a high shot of Ben walking in, as we hadn't done that shot yet and it would give our film a variety of angles. We kept with the idea of Ben walking in with the brief-case, as this would hold the audience's attention of whats inside it. 

The next shot was of Ben walking into the room and walk over to Jamie, who was our other character. We then used an over the shoulder shot facing Jamie, we decided that the talking in our film would be a bit comical with a James Bond twist, this is where the brief-case would come in handy because he'll show Jamie whats in it but not the audience, therefore keeping with the mystery feel of the film. As we wanted to show more variety in our camera shots we decided to do a high shot of Jamie and Ben shaking hands, we made them shake hands a number of times, all of which were filmed from a high shot and then zoomed in each time, this made the audience know that whatever Jamie and Ben were exchanging it was now a "Done Deal". Our film then ended on the handshake. 

During editing our film we shorten a lot of our clips to make them fit in easier and not seem so jumping. During the editing process i said what needed changing while agreeing with the other members of the group. Ben and Jamie had main editing over the film on the mac, where me and Becky agreed and gave our opinion about what they were editing. After we had made our film run smoothly, we then had to make music to fit in with our film. Me and Becky had main control over that. However, we all found that none of the music fitted in and although the music was okay, we all thought that it was a bit "cheesy" so we didn't find anything to add into our film, however the only place where we wanted to put music in was when Ben was walking towards the camera, this is because it would add tension for when he's walking to and from the camera, it will also introduce the audience to the film.