It was good, actually….

So, Wednesday, we filmed once again and it was a success. I re-shot using the 180-degree system when the detective, Fares, was doing his monologue. This helped to keep consistency and continuity. First, I had a establishing shot outside the door of the study room of Fares sitting in the room In addition, I used a high angle to imply that he is being watched over, to add to the story of someone watching over the simulation, dictating it. Also, I used a close-up to show what he was reading and a profile of what the character looks like, adds characterization to the opening. I added a variety of shots to make it more of a contrasting scene since I was in the same room. So here is some of the footage to show you some of the opening I filmed.

I was able to use my Ultra-Wide lens in context! So we added two establishing shots, one in the beginning and the end. So the establishing shots show the proximity between the hacker and the detective. The blocking emphasizes the attitude the two characters have between one another. Even, when Fares is alone it shows he is very individual and concentrated on his work, he is a nerd. In addition, we added a master shot of the two characters. This master shot adds to the atmosphere, it shows both characters are in play and shows the actions, making the scene more dramatic.

One thing I couldn’t get right is the shot-reverse shot. The concept of the shot I had right, but I messed up the line of action. Nick was able to make the corrections in Adobe Premier, so we did not have to re-shoot which would have been terrible.

The ending was changed. After watching the rough-cut, I knew I wanted to change it to something more flowy and that shows that ‘this is the end’. So, I went back to the establishing shot from the beginning, only this time the hacker was in it. This shows that they have to leave the room, that something was onto them and they could not remain in that area. The loud thud of door, is very emphasizing and demonstrates that they have left all their belongings and are moving out. For a film opening, I feel like this was useful, it shows their is more to come without going into the whole action of the movie, and leaves it on a cliff hanger for the audience.

Overall, it all went very well, I only messed up once. I really appreciate how my group is very cooperating and they sacrificed their time to come and re-shoot. Also, the librarians were very sweet and opened the library for us, which made it accommodating. It made it a little stressful on me, because I did not want to take advantage of their niceness by coming back and re doing it every time, however it all worked out.