After looking over the footage that we had taken when filming scene 3 before we
realised that the audio levels were very low, and that you couldn’t hear the
actors when they were speaking over the noise in the background. This is to do
with not using the boom pole when the actors were speaking into the boom mic,
and also because there was a lot of people in the common room making a lot of
noise. As a group we then decided that we were going to re-film scene three to
ensure that it looks professional. This Scene shows three
girls sitting at a table talking and giggling when Jemma walks over. The three
girls then begin to make comments towards Jemma and leave her out of
conversations. Jemma then walks over to get a drink and the three girls then
run off leaving Jemma on her own. Jemma then runs into the toilets and goes
into a cubical where she starts to cry. The three girls then walk into the
toilets and see that Jemma has been crying and then say to her that it was all
only a joke. This scene is an example of ‘subtle’ bullying, which is when the
nasty comments that they are making towards their ‘friend’ is bullying just the
bullies and sometimes the victims don’t see it.
The four actors that we had used when filming
scene 3 wasn’t able to film on this day and therefore members of the production
crew had to act in the scene, including myself. This meant that Conall had to
take on the role as camera person as well as sound person, and Keeley, Tayler
and I took on the roles of directing ourselves on where to go in the scene and
what lines we would take on. As we only had three actors Keeley took on the
role of Jemma and myself and Tayler took on the roles of the two girls. As you wasn’t able to hear the actors speaking
very well during the first day of filming we decided to use a tie mic. The tie
mic was plugged into another camera which we put into Keeley’s pocket, and then
attached the tie-mic to her dress making sure you couldn’t see the wire. We
also used a boom pole to put mic onto so that we were able to hold it closer to
the actors without seeing the mic in the shot. We were only able to film the
whole thing through from two different angles as both camera had run out of
battery. The first angle was a long shot starting with Jemma walking over and
finishing with the two girls running off, leaving Jemma on her own. When
looking back over the footage the camera was kept steady throughout and you
were also able to hear the actors clearly. We also used the 180 degree rule
when filming the conversation between the two girls and Jemma. In this shot
again the camera was kept still and you were able to clearly hear the actors.
Although the camera work looked professional as a group we have decided to
re-film this scene in a different location. This is because there was a lot of
background noise in each piece of footage, and the noise changed during each
shot that we filmed. Therefore we putting all of the footage it wouldn’t look
and sound continuous, and this will result in our final production looking
unprofessional. We have decided to film in Queensbury school’s sixth form
common room as throughout the day it isn’t very busy.
As a group we all worked well together, adding out input into each shot and
saying what camera angles we shout be using. We also used the boom mic and tie
mic as effectively as possible, and placed them both somewhere where they would
pick up the best sound. We also filmed in an area of the common room which gets
the most light so that you could see the actors clearly, and also where it is
set.
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