Shot reverse shot

Attempt 1

  

What went well

In order to show the confusion the protagonist feels when he says "i thought we were in G24" we broke the 180 perspective. This change of perspective makes the clip appear more broken, reflecting the way the protagonist feels.
The shot reverse shot worked well in order for the audience to follow the conversation the two protagonists were having. It allowed the audience to see the scene from an over the shoulder shot almost making them feel part of the conversation.
The fluidity of the last few shots of the protagonist running through the doors worked really well. This is because we cropped the clips in order to make the video seem as one. 

Issues

Missing scenes

Whilst making this short clip we encountered a few problems when editing. We found that the jump between the shot of the watch and the two protagonists, the jump was too large and a huge chunk of the story was missing. This meant we had to go back and record an extra scene to go between the two to make the scene more fluid.

Audio

We also had an issue with sound. At the start of the clip of the school planner Sam said "Go" to commence the start of the scene so we all knew when to start acting.  Another issue we had with audio was the sound we accidentally alligned with the clip of the protagonist running slow motion through the door. The music was labelled "cosmic" which suits a sci-fi genre but not a coming of age film genre.

Props

Between the slow motion scene of the protagonist running in slow motion, to him running in the hallway he loses his glasses, but they reappear in the last shot. Knowing this we will have to re- record this scene so that the prop and costume are consistent throughout.

Improvements to make

In attempt 2 we should try and make the conversation last longer. I think this would develop the story line and likely make the clip seem more relatable to teenagers who may watch it as a form of identification. Another thing to improve might be the fluidity of the shots. We may have to film extra shots to make the scene feel more fluid. We will have to delete the audio of 'cosmic' in attempt 2. To overcome the issue of Sam saying "go" we will have to mute the audio in this particular shot. 

Attempt 2

  

Improvements made

Audio

I attempt 2 we removed the cosmic sound effect. This made the scenes audio a lot more fluid. We did not mute the audio of Sam saying "go" which we knew would make the video sound more clunky due to their being no sound in particular places. Instead, we refilled the scene.

Shots

After receiving feedback that the video didn't make sense in particular places we added more scenes. The issue of not knowing who the protagonist running and checking the watch was made the video confusing. We added a scene where it was clear who was checking their watch as they were involved in the shot. However just to make sure, we involved a shot of the new protagonist entering the scene so we know that they have only just become a part of the scene.

Shot reverse shot

In attempt 2 we added an extra shot of the second protagonist saying "what are you doing here?" Not only did this make the conversation longer, but it resulted in the conversation making more sense.

Props

We resolved the issue of the glasses disappearing in one scene, yet to reappear in another by re-filming the scene in which they were missing. 

Learning Comment

Audio 

From this i learnt that most clips need to be filmed in the same time for the diegetic background noise to be continuously fluid. 

Camera

Because i filmed some of this clip i learnt the effect of close ups. Because in the first sequence the camera mostly focuses on the shoes and watch it shows how the protagonist is late without him having to say it. This taught me the importance of camera angles.