12/11/13 - Filming (Session two)

We done basic editing to the scene we had filmed on the 7th in the previous lesson, not adding any effects or transitions at this stage, merely cutting the insignificant parts of the scene. In this scene, as Izzy was still on placement, we filmed the part of the montage that we could with her absence.

What we did

In this lesson we organised and began to film the stalker (who we have decided to cast as Adam, one of our team members) to write to letter to Sarah. This letter is significant for a number of reasons, it reveals the first big suggestion that they are a couple, and there will be a recorded voice over of the letter sounding over the entire montage. We plan to involve a little background music to this film, as non-diegetic sound tends to complement montages well, and we have to introduce TIME into our film in some way, as it is on the specification. We set up a table that looked homely, using a patterned Scarf from Evie (one of our team members) and a mug from the college staff room. These props created the idea of normality that is essential in conveying the idea this is a romantic letter, not a letter of pursuit or stalking. We devised a false address in the top corner and began 'My dearest Sarah'. Our camera was set up above the letter, on a tripod, with a light shining onto the letter. We plan to use dissolves to speed up the pace of the letter writing, revealing various parts of the letter as they are spoken on the voice over.

What techniques we used

We set up a lamp behind Adam so it was fairly dim, yet blatant, looking as if he truly did have a reading lamp above the letter. The use of back lighting creates both a sense of realism, but also an ambient glow on the letter, showing the intimate pretense. Our camera was on a tripod on the table in which Adam was writing, which is an Ariel angle, appearing almost as if it is Adam looking down at his work. In editing we plan to began a voice over of the letter the moment the pen touches the paper, we also plan to reveal our film title in the montage. For instance writing one page of the letter, tearing of the page and revealing the title 'AWAY' on the page underneath, moving the paper pad out the way to reveal 'By Clueless Productions' on the table. None of the editing ideas here are concrete but we certainly intend to include our production way and film title in a clever way into our film.

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