Pre-production stage: For this mini project, we are required to re-shoot a scene filmed earlier in the semester.

This time I have tried to thoroughly plan out what I want to do, or rather, put it down on paper. It probably needs more refining, or maybe it doesn’t.. I feel like I have a good sense of what I’d like to film. Or maybe, I just need to articulate it more clearly. In any case, it will be interesting to see how it all turns out, whether the filming process goes as I expect/want it to.

Production:

Things went relatively smoothly today. I was able to get some pretty similar shots to what I had in mind; although it was not exactly how I envisioned it, I plan in acceptance of the fact that the real takes won’t be precisely what I want. However, I am a bit concerned about how the editing will go. I feel as though my shots won’t edit well, or I should have covered the scene more thoroughly just in case…

Post-production:

While I was generally quite satisfied with the shots and coverage, I did wish that I would have looked at the framing and composition more carefully. I found that for a lot of the shots, the frame was slightly crooked, or not as symmetrical as I would have liked it. Also, we moved around a lot that day to accommodate to the lighting of the area, but that meant my characters’ position shifted slightly between some cuts. Although it’s not that noticeable (I hope this is the case), I still would have preferred more continuity.