Reflection and Practice

Jemile Kendjer

 

I selected the script “Midnight Intercom” for this assignment. As there was such a short timeframe complete the project, I planned to get the pre-production done in 1 day, allowing more time to shoot and edit it.

I chose this script because it worked well with the layout of my small studio apartment (unlike a lot of other scripts) and just involved the entryway (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MCom-N7V73843a86k_1DFLYhHkrK4Bke/view?usp=sharing ), and could be shot at night because I work during the day-time.

In my shot list (https://drive.google.com/file/d/17flelFvq7ECnl3NC-NZekdjjdOGDQPQH/view?usp=sharing) I limited my shots to wide-shots, mid-shots and medium close-ups and didn’t give much thoughts to camera angles. I believe that using different shot types and considering the impact of camera angles could create a more dynamic piece.  Additionally, I didn’t plan out my lighting effectively for the scene and struggled to get consistent lighting across the different shots.

As the audio on my phone is not the best, I decided to outsource for the sound effect of the door knocking. I retrieved this from the royalty free site Free Sound (https://freesound.org/). I also chose to include some background music throughout the scene to add to the atmosphere of suspense that I was aiming for in my piece.

I also had to change the original script slightly (https://drive.google.com/file/d/18kwgYLn2m8qMwLSy512ZgifqFSsVE_e7/view?usp=sharing). Because I don’t have an intercom in my apartment, instead I substituted the intercom with the peephole on my front door. I took advantage of this to include a POV shot of a character looking through it. However, I don’t believe that this had any negative impact on the final product that I produced.

Overall, because I rushed this preproduction process (specifically the shot-list) I found that I struggled when shooting my project and I definitely plan on allocating more time to this in the future.