Question 6 Transcript - Chris

Whilst making the thriller opening, I learned about the various aspects of the production process. In terms of the camera, one of the main things that I learned was how important it is to check over video content as it is filmed. If this had been done more often during the filming process, we may of needed to reshoot as much of the film as we did. This would of made it take less time and thus giving more time to edit the content into the final version. This also leads onto one of the second things that I learned from the filming process. The framing of a shot can be vital to how it impacts the viewer. From the re shot version of the shot/reverse shot sequence, I discovered how much of a difference it can make to the feel of a shot. Tighter framing and greater focus on the subject of the shot made the opening feel a lot better and increase the impact of the intended effect. Maybe if the footage had been reviewed more whilst on location, we may of not had to of re shoot these shots and maybe not of made so many mistakes whilst filming them.

Editing wise, I learnt about how subtle changes to the film can improve it. A seconds difference in the shot length, done during video editing, made the film flow better and reduced unintended jumpiness of some of the shots. This improved the overall viewing experience. The sound that was added during post production using GarageBand also showed how small changes make large differences as well as how much of an impact well-chosen sound can have. The foleyed diegectic sound that was added, the footsteps, was fairly straightforward to find and add, but was slightly out of time compared to what was seen. This was fixed by using a pre-recorded sound from GarageBand, with each footstep sound moved slightly further apart than afterwards, what they were to start with. There were also a few issues in finding the non-diegetic sound that we would use as the soundtrack. For a while, we couldn’t find a sound that fit well enough with the feel that was being aimed for with the film. After a lot of searching thorough the sound library, we eventually found something that fit well enough into the rest of the film.