I believe that our film demonstrates excellent continuity. We ensured that our actors were wearing the same clothing in every shot by filming everything at the same time (this also made sure that their hairstyles etc were the same). In the interrogation scene at the end of our film we shot all of the clips of the interrogator talking first in one go and then we shot all of the clips of the suspect afterwards; we did this as it ensured that our actors were sitting in the same positions, were talking in a fluent tone etc to retain good continuity.
Our film demonstrates match on action in two places, firstly when the interrogator opens and walks through a door and later on when he goes up some stairs. In these shots we have used match on action when he pushed down on the door handle and started to go through the door and then when he turned a corner going up some stairs. In the interrogation scene we also used shot reverse shot to show the reaction and responses of the suspect to what the interrogator said, enhancing the feeling of fear to the audience. During this scene we used POV (Point of view) shots to make the audience have a closer and more personal connection with the characters.
For the most part our group worked alright together, one of the other members and myself took on more authorative roles which ended up working well as it ensured that we stayed on schedule. However we found one of our members had a worryingly relaxed approach to the work and the deadlines we set as a group; although this was a pain we managed to complete everything on time and I feel that it was actually beneficial in a way personally as it forced me to adapt to the situation and take on unforeseen roles.
If I were to film the piece again I would have taken more time in selecting locations (we had an issue whilst filming the interrogation scene with other people getting into shot), as well as thinking more about what equipment to use (a dolly would have been extremely useful at one stage, as I had to crouch-walk along tracking the interrogator's feet, with the camera just off of the floor). I would also have tried to ensure that our actors were calm and focused beforehand as well, as one had a tendency to burst into laughter abruptly.
I feel that we planned our film rather well, we all knew what shots needed to be filmed, who was involved and where. this is because we also had many brief group discussions on the shots we needed to film, allowing us to make small changes at the time if needs be to improve them (such as how high the camera angle should be, how long a clip should be etc).
Our film fades out to and in from black during the title sequence, and some shots fade into the next, however the majority simply use a cut. We chose the fading into and from black in the title sequence to show a smooth transition from the film itself and contextual information which is not necessary to be known to understand the plotline (the title) this helps to show a difference between what is in the film and announcing the start and name of the film. We chose to use crossfades early on as the clips shown were from drastically different locations, and so it showed a passing of time, whilst others were cut as they were in the same location and so no progression of time was necessary to be shown.
Through this piece I have learnt the basics of the software and I now feel relatively comfortable with using it. I have not yet delved into more advanced aspects of it, however I hope that I can use my new knowledge in understanding what I have yet to learn.
Unfortunately, due to having past experience in photography as well as technology in general I don't feel that I have learnt anything new about the technologies we used (such as the cameras, Blogger, file formats etc) specifically.
If I were to film the piece again I would have taken more time in selecting locations (we had an issue whilst filming the interrogation scene with other people getting into shot), as well as thinking more about what equipment to use (a dolly would have been extremely useful at one stage, as I had to crouch-walk along tracking the interrogator's feet, with the camera just off of the floor). I would also have tried to ensure that our actors were calm and focused beforehand as well, as one had a tendency to burst into laughter abruptly.
I feel that we planned our film rather well, we all knew what shots needed to be filmed, who was involved and where. this is because we also had many brief group discussions on the shots we needed to film, allowing us to make small changes at the time if needs be to improve them (such as how high the camera angle should be, how long a clip should be etc).
Our film fades out to and in from black during the title sequence, and some shots fade into the next, however the majority simply use a cut. We chose the fading into and from black in the title sequence to show a smooth transition from the film itself and contextual information which is not necessary to be known to understand the plotline (the title) this helps to show a difference between what is in the film and announcing the start and name of the film. We chose to use crossfades early on as the clips shown were from drastically different locations, and so it showed a passing of time, whilst others were cut as they were in the same location and so no progression of time was necessary to be shown.
Unfortunately, due to having past experience in photography as well as technology in general I don't feel that I have learnt anything new about the technologies we used (such as the cameras, Blogger, file formats etc) specifically.
