Filming

All in all filming went very well as we all had a chance to film certain shots. Whilst filming we experimented with different camera angles with each shot. This gave us a variety of shots to use when editing our final piece. We had a vast variety of different shots that we could of used in the final production. We knew that it was key to have a variety of shots to work with. However, some of the shots that involved the dialogue were affected by bad lighting in our chosen room this lead to us having to re-film some of the shots on a different day. We all worked well as a group, this enabled us to film successfully and organise ourselves so that we could film at certain times.

Music

Our choice of music for our short film is - Hard to find: Lock stock bass.
It's a movie theme tune from Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. The song is quite simple sounding but it's very effective for our film, with it's dark, dangerous and eerie qualities.

feedback on completed product

Cameron Williams-Hill:

"I thought the film was really good, the camera work looked good but the lighting needed work. I'm not sure wether it was white balance or lighting but the shots with dialogue needed work."

George Burtenshaw:

"I thought the video was really good, i like the music it goes well with the sequence of shots used. I thought the walls looked a bit different in some shots?" 

Both these people don't do media but they managed to spot the certain aspects of our video that were wrong, for our main assessment the main issue we need to pay attention to is lighting and white balance. 

Final edit dialogue change

We had to cut out some of the dialogue to allow our film to fit the time allowance. We trimmed our shots as much as possible before hand but it was still to long, so we resulted in having to cut out the second half of the dialogue.

The final dialogue used in the film is: 

Dom: Your late.

Jake: Yeah. Sorry. You got it? 

Dom: It's over there.

It seems a lot shorter but it still allows us to show our shot reverse shot. 

Group Evaluation - Positives and Negatives

As a group we have decided to be very critical of our work, we have concluded that our main problem was lighting and in some cases white balance, however this was our only significant error.

Positives:
We included 180 degree rule
Match on action
Elements of mise en scene
Use of setting
Establishing shot
Cut, editing continuity
Camera shots size, angles and movement

Negatives:
Lighting/white balance in certain shots
Fitting our shots into the allowed length of film
Continuity in one or two elements of mise en scene

Elements of Mise en Scene

Jake and Dom made sure that they wore the same things for every filming day, for the consistency of the shots. As of the winter weather conditions, we went for plain, dull coloured coats, scarves and hats to keep the realism in the film. It was also quite a convenient dress code, as they were all wrapped up, which added to the hidden identity and suspicion of the characters.

We were very particular about the settings we picked, the establishing shot was filmed at the front of the college so it is clear where the action is taking place from the start. We picked the bridge as a good place to show Jake walking to the main room, as the baring that covers the sides gives the effect of caging which has connotations of entrapment and danger. This fits our genre very well as the college is trapped under the characters crime that is going to be committed and the characters are putting themselves in danger.

The room where the main action and the dialogue took place was very suitable because it isn't used for anything in the college,  which makes it seem isolated and abandoned. It's also very run down looking and you can tell it's not particularly cared for. This fits our action very well as crime is going on in there; no one goes there so nothing would be suspected.

Dialogue Changes

The meeting scene between Jake and Dom required dialogue. The dialogue that was initially going to be used was changed slightly to fit the mood of the scene better. We had to make it more sharp and suspicious sounding to fit the thriller genre.

The original dialogue:
Dom: Your here...finally.
Jake: Yes i'm here, how do you have the package?
Dom: It's here, you'll get a text any minute. It will tell you what you need to do.
Jake: I know what i need to do.
Dom: Then what are you waiting for?

The changed dialogue:
Dom: You're late.
Jake: Yeah. Sorry. You got it?
Dom: It's over there
Jake: What's this for?
Dom: Just follow the instructions.
Jake: I know what i'm doing.
Dom: Well...What the hell are you waiting for?

As shown, our new dialogue is a lot more abrupt and Jake and Dom much more intense in their speech, towards one another.