Today we talked about the rough-cut…yikes

So as a group we watched the rough-cut together and I realized how much I messed up filming wise, I am sorry fellow group members. However, Nick made some suggestions and we had some guidance from our teacher as well. I honestly will just list the suggestions because there are lots…

1. Shoot from different angles. As a first time cinematographer, I really was learning as I went, it did not help that I was ad-liping due to forgetting to storyboard before the film day. I know, I am terrible, trust me I feel it. One part that needs more angles is when Fares is writing on the board, I need to move the camera closer and get him from different angles rather than just have that one shot.
2. The messed up shot-reverse-shot. So this was kind of all of our faults because we filmed a frontal point a of view from Fares and then an over the shoulder from Kevin, when they were talking back and forth. We just have to make up our mind and decide which one because they both mean different things. WE WILL BE USING SHOT-REVERSE-SHOT. thank you, that is all.
3. We defied the 180-system. Basically we shot in ways where we overlapped and were on that 180 degree line, which was not good. So we have to reconsider this when we shoot again.
4. Addressing continuity!!!! Looking back there were a lot of continuity errors, not just Fares and his hat. Kevin had used props in one shot, like having a book, then in the other he did not. So we just have to maintain that continuity.
5. The ending needs to be fixed. Okay, so instead of panning from the guys to the door, I should follow their movements. Also, I realized there wasn’t that much emotion in the last part, this could be because we were tired and stressed. But we need to have something happen to show that something is happening in the room, like adjusting the clock, then they briskly walk out the door. I would use another tracking shot for this.
6. Fares at the whiteboard. Fares needs to be off centered, like a little to the left or right to make it seem more natural and to actually see what he is writing on the board. So we have to adjust his movements and the angles we film him at.
7. WE NEED A DONGLE ADAPTER FOR OUR IPHONES. I do not own a dongle pr air pods, because my phone does not have a headphone jack. Nick is not going to to be there on Wednesday when we re-shoot, so it is up to us to get it done. Fares said he had a dongle and Kevin said he was going to order them on Amazon, so hopefully we get one.

Overall, things do need to be adjusted and fixed in order for us to have a good quality film. It was very bad, but I am taking it as I sucked and need to step it up. I am stressed. Okay? Okay.

I will link the rough-cut again down below, so you can get a glimpse of what I discussed.