THE SHOOT
Zeon and I with a combined 5 hours of sleep (for separate reasons) managed to shoot another version of assignment 3 today, and had a blast doing it.
New things that we tried:
- the character as a dolly
- spinning dance
- changing the starting position for the shot.
Trial #2 take1000000
Further exploring pace, space and the camera as a character.
We have come a long way since the first take and it’s been too much fun. After spending many hours together it has become a lot easier to predict the subtle movements and timing that of my actor and we seem to be very in sync.
Happy mistakes
Gizmo the dog featured in our scene this time and it was great. Gizmo, an amazing talent, had been following Zeon around all morning and it was quite unnerving for me as the camera operator. I was so afraid I might accidentally step on the poor little pup. When filming the take that ended up being our ‘one shot wonder’ I was extremely bummed out that I had JUST missed zeon leaving the room, after getting everything else almost perfect. After reviewing the footage I noticed something that made me smile. Our new shining star Gizmo had stolen the scene and left us with an excellent dramatic effect.
Another happy mistake I made was my “sliding” camera movement which I tried to sync with the door. I ended up jumping the gun and moving to the left too quickly. After reviewing this I actually prefer this look because it brings us to the next room much smoother.
Things I would fix: The timing of the phone being called: I had to do this with one hand
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gWx78pxFCRm80hAmu2HMpZjz131BtNTk
REVIEW
the differences between trial #1 and #2