Evaluation of looking at our footage

The next time that my group and I met up at school, we went onto a Mac computer, ready to start editing the footage that we had filmed for the chase scene in the woods. However, compared to how well the flow of the day went, the actual film collected was quite bad. Below is an evaluation of the different components of the final footage that contributed to the poor quality including what we have to work on, and creating a plan of better qualities for our re-shooting session:

Lighting

As the timing was around dusk, the light kept on changing- a feature that we wanted to incorporate, but with the order that we shot the different camera angles, this did not benefit us at all, allowing large contrasts in the lighting from shot to shot.

The session started off really light, with only the trees branches blocking light onto the location that we were filming. However, as it started getting to sun set, within around two minuets the light levels changed drastically from high key lighting to low key lighting- making two shot that were meant to go sequentially after each other, look as if a lot of time had passed between them because of the changing in light, which is not what we wanted

With the changing in light, the camera also kept going in and out of focus, so even in some of our best shots, the focus went out at a key moment, making the shot un-usable.

Mise en Scene

Another thing that my group and I discussed as we realised that we would have to re shoot was the mise en scene of the chase scene. Some of us confessed that they were unhappy about specific items to do with mise en scene, such as the killers costume and the largeness of the victims baby bump.

We came up with a list that we wanted to change for when we re-shoot, changing quite a few key aspects, such as even location, to meet conventions. Everything is explained in the list below:

• We want to change the killers costume. The old fashioned coat, hat and boots that he is wearing in this chase scene, we realised, would not be something that a man who is trying to get a prostitute to come back home with him, would wear.
• The woods location is wanting to be changed. We couldn't think of a connection with the woods and why a prostitute would be in them- she would be in an urban area- somewhere where she can get customers.
• The time frame needs to be at night- more appropriate location for prostitute- but we need to have a location that we can use light that is already illuminating the surrounding area as we don't have the equipment to do this ourselves.
• The victim prostitute cant be too pregnant- or people wouldn't want to "buy her" for the night. She just needs a small bump so that the audience can tell she is pregnant- perhaps making gestures with her hands to imply that she is as well.
• The victims makeup needs to be more intense- more "dolled up" and more streaking down her face, as if she has been out for a night, and been attacked, and has been crying.
• We CAN'T see the killers face in this initial scene, or else the "shock" at the end when you see his face turn around to face the camera wont be as much of a shock

Confirmed changes

Once we had made all of these observations, we decided that we had to do the obvious, re-shoot, and that we would have to take the above points into consideration. Below is a list of the main features that we are going to change in this second go at the chase scene:

• location: Bexleyheath- its urban, and has street lighting
• killer costume: a suit with a white mask and a coat
• victim costume: a short skirt and a red, low cut top- running extreme makeup
• a larger range of camera angles to change between in editing
• time: at night, not during sunset!
• baby bump: only very small