BJ: Reflection on Shoot 24th November

Where, When and With Who?

On the 24th of Novemeber the group and Martha filmed at the woods at the top of Southborough. This shoot was vital in filling the gaps in our final piece so needed to be executed perfectly.

What Went Well?

We managed to get every shot we planned to get in no time at all, and they all came out better than we expected. One of the toughest shots was the jumping shot, as we had to get the exact same composition as the shot of her jumping into the swimming pool. However, we took as many shots of this as we needed and this gave us free choice over which shot to use as we had a wide variety. We also got some very good shots of her running that were put into slow motion and came out very well.

What Didn't Go Well?

We had to improvise with the jumping shot as the original idea of her jumping down a hole was not possible. However, we got round this by having her jump down a bank instead, which gave the same effect. We could have had some more variety in the shots we took of her running, as many were side shots, however we feel this is not that much of a negative.

Editing

We used a lot of jump cutting in the running sequence to give her running more of a sense of urgency. We also achieved this by increasing the cutting rate of the shots that were in normal speed. We alternated between shots in normal speed and shots in slow motion. For the jumping scene we felt that a plain jump cut did not look good enough, therefore we added a white flash to tranisition between the two shots, which made it look much cleaner.