EXPERIMENTAL FILM - PRODUCTION AFTER FEEDBACK

After receiving the feedback from our peers and tutor, we sat down and discussed what needed to be changed. For filming, we decided to add in two more locations which would be the library in the adsetts building and the theatre which is outside the winter garden. To bring a bit more meaning to it, we would have one of the characters look at the other one, which would signify that they a different and we would have them meet each other at the end of the film. 

In terms of editing, we removed the tilted shots and made the long shots shorter. Using the 3 way colour correcter, we enhanced the colours of some of the shots. We also changed the colour of the last shot, where we have one screen in purple and the other in green. We did this to signify that these were two different characters.  

This image shows the changes in colour correction of the film, starting with the image from the right going to the left. 

We also recorded more sounds for the film and managed to sync the sounds to the images. Using the EQ band effect, we used it to change the mood of the sound, especially in the church scene. 

After making these changes, I was pleased with the film. If I had more, I would have made more changes to it. As we removed some of the shots, it became aware to us that the film was too short. This has taught me to shoot more footage because you can never have enough footage, especially if your doing the split screen technique.

EXPERIMENTAL FILM - FEEDBACK FROM PEERS

We got a chance to show our film to our peers. They enjoy watching the short film and they all different opinions about. Not mentioning names, I mostly liked the feedback from 6 of my peers.

Peer 1

Made us aware of the sounds of the film. Some of the sounds were not in sync with the images in parts of the film, especially the high heels and it would be better if some shots didn't have any sounds. He also said constantly hearing the high heels all the way through might seem repetitive.

Peer 2

Liked one shot of the church and night scene. He liked the colour of the shots and encouraged us to experiment with similar shots like that. 

Peer 3

Thought that some of the shots were a bit too long and needed to be reduced.

Peer 4

Found it unnecessary to include the shots which were tilted or at a different angle. He seemed to enjoy the static shots better. 

Peer 5

Within the film and we included the split screen and some shots were in full screen. Peer 5 found it confusing at times and advised us to either use the split screen or use the full screen.

Peer 6

From all the feedback, I mostly found this one to be influential. Peer 6 did not get the meaning of the film and thought that it was just one character wondering around Sheffield, where as it was two different characters. This made me aware that we had not clearly established that these were two different characters and we needed a way to convey this. 

Overall I found the feedback very constructive. And watching the films made by the other groups was very interesting, seeing how they had approached the project at a different angle. The feedback motivated me to try and improve my film. 

EXPERIMENTAL FILM - FEEDBACK FROM TUTOR

We showed our film to Lee and explained to him what we were try to archive. He told us what was working within the film and what wasn't working. Firstly the bedroom scene wasn't good and didn't seem necessary because it made it obvious where the film was going. By taking it out we wouldn't be giving too much away to the audience and we wanted them to kind of wonder what was going on. He encouraged us to experiment with different locations, colour composition and shots.  

I found this feedback very constructive and we took it positively. After the tutorial, I sat down with my colleague and we discussed on the improvements we need to make. We removed the bedroom and scene and looked for more locations to do our filming in.

EXPERIMENTAL FILM - POST PRODUCTION

I found editing to be fun, as I enjoy it. Doing the editing of the split screen was interesting as it involved a bit of maths in terms of framing the screens. When we started selecting the shots we wanted, we started to notice some technical issues with some of the clips. Some of the clips we either a bit blurred or the camera was shaky in some parts of the shots. This made us crop a lot of stuff out of the shots and and discard some the shots because they were not working. 

As we edited the film, it was not what we had imagined and some of the scenes in the bedroom were not working, like the one below. We edited a rough version and presented it to Lee to receive some feedback on what he though about it.

EXPERIMENTAL FILM - PRODUCTION

First day of filming didn't go on very well. We managed to film the bedroom scene but once we onto west street to do the night filming, we had problems in terms of lighting. The areas that we had chosen with in west street were too dark for filming and there were too many people.

We filmed at Weston park the following day and everything went on smoothly. Later on we filmed in the atrium and managed to get some good shots of the stairs and cafe. We tried to film in the church but unfortunately we couldn't because there were people praying and we didn't want to be disrespectful. We decided to come early in the morning when the church opens (St Mary's church),  that way we had enough time to do the filming. 

During the filming and we faced a few technical problems like adjusting the white balance and camera shakes but we were able to resolve these issues. We learned a lot about filming in public in terms of being polite to people and having patience, especially in the park where a lot people seemed to be walking and we didn't want them to be some of the shots.

EXPERIMENTAL FILM - PRE PRODUCTION

STORYBOARD

We did not come up with a storyboard but we thought of ideas of what we could film in the locations we had chosen.

LOCATIONS

Park - in the park we would film duplicate versions of the same character. The filming will be done during day.

Bedroom - film the character sleeping and going into a dream like state. The filming will be done during the evening.

Cafe - we chose the atrium in Sheffield Hallam University. We would film in the evening when there is no one in the atrium.

West Street - for west street we are going to combine a mixture of day and night shots. 

Church - for the church we are going to try a point of view shot and will film inside.

SHOT LIST

We drew a few sketch's for our shot lists to guide us through the filming.

for the bedroom shot, we booked out some lighting equipment because we want control the projection of the light on the characters face.