Today we got the final parts of our filming done. We managed to get Jeff, Jack and Lauren for the amount of time needed so it all worked perfectly. (got the final shot with 1 min of battery time left) The mise-en-scene was pretty much perfect at The Greyhound, and we got a choice of a few rooms which allowed us to refine our needs even further. We ended up with a really sweet little room at the top floor of the hotel.
Although i'm relatively happy with the shots we got, we will definitely have to reshoot the indoor shots before the final deadline as the lighting is very poor at some points and lets the overall quality down. The costumes we're also 'thrown' together at quite late notice so we will have to arrange to buy some costumes, and we'd also like Jacks hair to grow just a bit more before the next shoot.
However, as soon as I got in (around 6 oclock-ish) I started editting our video to make sure we definitely have something to hand in on Friday. So here is the basic outline of our video, we have more shots that the girls will probably want to put in but for now, here's my unaided version. (Saturation on clips is lowered to 45% to help give an aged look)
P.S. remember this is the drafts, draft so it is really rough and the ending has not been finalised yet, and also we are missing the book shots
Cheers Steff. This gives us a reasonable idea of what you're up to.
ReplyDeleteOn the whole the framing is good and the acting is excellent. The room looks brilliant, there are a few issues you need to address with regards camera placement (light switches in shot, electric radiators, modern locks and the modern house out the window)
The boys outfits (as you ackonwledge) will need work as they are currently too similar. The evil boy will need cuffs or a dress shirt.
For the woods a nice whicker picnic basket could help you create less movement as currently it feels too busy (a bit too much running). You've created a beautiful dream like feel by virtue of the lighting of the wood, the locations you've chosen and the saturation levels so try and keep the the camera static for certain sequences. If they could kiss (they pretend to at one point) that would help the narrative. Also when they are in bed perhaps delay the evil boys pulling away from her just half a second or so later to make him seem more caddish.
The lighting issues in the Greyhound you've also acknowledged (take lamps etc next time).
The editing is very good in places (your montage works) and you're going to add in the diary which will give the video a spine.
More performance and lip syncing would be nice, perhaps in a seperate location (just as Mumford do in their vids) and keep the camera ever so slightly tighter on Jack.
You may wish to consider an establishing shot of the room or artist (nothing too long, 1 -2 secs would be enough) would also help.
Well done though all of you, your hard work in planning the feel of the video is apparent from this very rough draft.