Trial #2 take1000000 Further exploring pace, space and the camera as a character.
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.
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.
REVIEW.
After speaking with Robin about trial #1 a few things became evident.
Things to improve on:
One
Trial #1 contained a lot of elements that I was interested in exploring without much thought on why I was including them. For example, I wanted to have Zeon walk across the room to establish the space. Originally his walk from the microwave to sitting in the couch seemed achieved this, but seemed awkward and unnecessary. For trial #2
Two
So far our method had been to just shoot over and over again with improv and very minimal planning. This lead to some inconsistency in the dialogue. For example, was had Zeon completely forgotten the date of the wedding or was he simply late? Being more decisive about the details of the scene helped us concentrate on more important things like pacing.
FOR TRIAL #2
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 and faster.
Things I would fix: The timing of the phone being called: I had to do this with one hand
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1codXosplDlCRISxmY-9Gi2eLOEO3p6sp/view?usp=sharing