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Scene 2 test shoot [incl. video]

This week we tested a full scene (a combination of 2 scenes in one location to be correct).  As our script involves a few scenes in a club/bar and low light conditions are always an issue, we found that a club scene is best to try out early on, so we know what to expect. 

Bear in mind not only are there lighting problems in a club in general, with your main subject being a black guy it can be incredibly difficult to get a good picture. 

Equipment used: 

Sony Nex VG20 35mm f0.95 

LED lights

Tascam + clip microphones 

We filmed at The Lost Paradise Bar Bournemouth, during their restaurant hours which are quiet, however we could not ask them to turn off the music as it was only a test shoot and more for the picture than sound. We are having a meeting on Wednesday with Iv who is in charge of our post production sound to discuss which ways are best to record audio in order to get the result that we want. 

We tested different angles and skin colours in different lights. Here are some examples: 

We flashed a phone flashlight to his face to make him more visible. There is also a LED light pointing at him at an angle from below. In this shot he will look at the girl, which will then pull focus to the girl, stand up and go speak to her. 

This is a scene where our main character walks up to the guy speaking to the girl and takes over from him. We tried many different angles, including a POV shot for this conversation scene from the guys perspective: 

We stuck to the first one for now as we both decided it looks the best. 

In terms of the visual style and in relation to my Made In Chelsea post earlier on, these are some examples:

In reflection to the technical side of the test shoot, I have discovered that we still have a lot of work to do. The picture looks a bit off on big screen as there is gain due to low light issues, however we don’t want to light a club scene too much. I will definitely research this and speak to our tutors about this issue. I am happy that we could try out the shots and have now a much more clear idea of what we are dealing with. 

One of my tutors suggested I record in 1080i which is the interlaced footage, one of them suggested 1080p which is progressive. I wanted to avoid the interlacing lines on my footage, however having shot in 1080i I still have them. I am going to test both of these options and do research on which is best to use for this project. I will however definitely want to avoid any lines during movement as it interrupts the viewer and ruins my visual style idea. 

In reflection to the non-technical side of the shoot: I think everything went fairly well, me and Marcus worked well together. However we did not have proper actors so we got confused about who is representing which character, which caused a little delay in time. I think we could effectively follow our shot list and work according to it, trying out different shot sizes and angles that either of us suggested. We could also try out a very complex scene where there is a voice over of what is going on in a woman’s head, which we were worried about recording as we would have to measure the time and make sure everything comes together in the edit. We fairly successfully managed to try this out. 

I have now completed an edit of our test shoot which you can see here: 

This is slightly difficult to follow as the same person plays many characters and we swop them around in the beginning as we were testing out where they should sit in order for the script and visuals to come together. 

I have adjusted the colours of the whole scene to a warmer tone using an adjustment layer which I learned about in advanced editing 1. We both agree that this makes the scene look more natural and appealing. 

Surprisingly, we also agree that our footage looks better on Vimeo than it does as an actual quicktime file. It has a smoother and less gainy look which we are happy with as Vimeo is highly likely to be the platform that we will be using.

For our project however we will need to upgrade to Vimeo Plus as we want our footage to be the best possible quality, and in addition, our video will exceed the 500mb upload limit that a free user gets. This costs 59.95 USD per year which converts to 39.76 GBP. We will have to take this into consideration when setting up our budget. 

Through Vimeo, our video will be available on all kinds of devices such as mobile phones, tablets, PS3 and many more. We feel like this is important as we will be advertising this via social networks and people are more likely to check the content there and then rather than wait until they go on their laptop.

I am flagging up that even though I love the way the characters are introduced by a pause, I think 2 of them are way too long. I will have to negotiate this with Marcus and either solve this visually or adjust the script to it. Also, we have made a mistake in the shot list - POV shot that introduces the first guy who walks up to the girl (pull focus to girl) has to be in one shot for a smoother result. 

Edit: We will use an echoey sound to imitate Drake speaking to Curtis while the VO goes on, which will then jump into a clear voice of Drake saying ‘Yo Curtis are you even listening?’. 

Edit 2: We have had a meeting about post production sound with Iv who is in charge of ours. She has made suggestions and told us what we need to test recording and editing beforehand, which we will be doing in January. She has suggested a certain sound to trigger the mind reading so the viewer knows that it’s happening - same with the pause when we introduce the characters - need a sound to establish we have now paused to introduce them. Drawing upon her sound design workshops, she suggested that we need to record the dialogue as clear as possible as she will build everything else around that. 

Iv also suggested an audio and editing test for this part of the script as it will require a lot of effort and layering different sounds. We will record this in a studio and let her play around with it and test different sound effects. 

Another note is that due to the blurry background we do not need many extras to make the club look fairly busy. This is a very good bonus as the club (and ourselves) prefer a smaller crew to a big one.

I am also pointing out that in the 2 shots of the conversation scene, one has much better audio than the other, even though the equipment/sound levels/ ambience was the same. I am however happy with the way we managed to get the female voices to play as a voiceover as her thoughts. I was slightly worried about this as I had not tried editing anything like this previously. 

In terms of length, this scene is about right - it is around 2:20 and the script is about 2 1/3 pages. This is a good thing to know early on as we don’t want our 25 minute short to become a 40 minute short in the edit. 

I think this has been a good exercise not only for me and Marcus but also Adam and Beth who were filling in for some roles, as they are our camera assistant and script supervisor. This will be an extremely good example of the importance of script supervision on set as we deliberately didn’t pay attention to that and only wanted to demonstrate essentially what the shot should be like, but it is distracting and difficult to watch with no continuity in it. 

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Katherine + Joey (Highlight)

It was an amazing day at Unionville Vineyards with an amazing couple surrounded by the most beautiful people in the world! The messages they left for eachother had me in tears. Im so excited to finally be able to share the love, sweetness, laughter, and fun that encompassed their first day as husband and wife! A special thanks to Kaitlyn Chow Photography for making me look so good! Congratulations Katie and Joey, you are truly loved! Your dear friend

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