For this weeks class we were required to shoot a quick ~1 minute film in small groups with the theme “Pursuit”. The film had to be done purely in camera, with no editing allowed. We planned our video for quite a long time, around an hour, storyboarding it and planning each individual shot. Once we were out shooting, we quickly realised that we didn’t have time to shoot what we had planned and decided to alter the ending to get it finished within the time.
Honestly the film came up quite well, probably the best I had made so far this year in class. As Paul had talked about previously in one of our lectures, when something goes wrong it always works out for the best. Serendipity.
I felt we used the cuts well, especially at the beginning of the film. We wanted to portray haste and quick movement in a very short amount of screen time, without just filming the talent getting up and running. So we used a technique that Edgar Wright often employs in his films, hitting action moments for a fraction of a second one after the other with quick smash cuts. I thought it worked perfectly, creating the sense of urgency without having to actually film very much content.