One Minute Film - The Interrogation - Final

Editing Process:
Most of the editing process was done by Smart in his free time. In our piece we included were all digits sound effects as they are all from the narrative world, these included ticking of a clock, pen, and walking in heels, we sped up the pace of  these sound effects, because we wanted to create tension and build up suspense which would lead to the climax. In terms of sound we wanted to add a backing track, but this did not happen due to it not fitting with the piece.

As for the visual editing and cutting process most of our transitions were images/scenes being wiped out by the next as well as the use of fade. In the process of filming this we took time to film as many shots so that the cutting process would be easier. This gave us the chance to take out parts that were unnecessary and perhaps add in parts from a different shot. For the climax part of the film (Gun) the whole scene was sped up, this was both to emphasise the tension/climax but also to confuse the audience and make a dramatic ending.


After combining the work of 2 days of filming and 1 day editing we had our final piece:

These are the Good comments as well as the 'What we can improve' comments that we recieved:

The main positive comments were that the sound effects were appropriate for the situation however extra backing track could've been used to help further build up the tension/suspense. Furthermore a few said that there was good use of the range of camera angles.

Most of the 'Improve' comments was about audio issues and how it was not clear due to background noises of the wind, as well as this there were a few comments on the exposure of the camera not being consistent throughout the scenes.

Overall I am proud of our first piece and how it has turned out, through this we got to know each other more and explore the different techniques in filming. There are definitely aspects that need improving and changing, but with more time and further experience I'm sure this won't be hard to achieve. My personal goal for the next tasks is to contribute more in the editing and getting to familiarise with premiere and learn more techniques on that. 

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BLOOPERS: 

One Minute Film - The Interrogation - Lesson 4

This was the last official lesson we had to film and edit, and we still had a few important scenes to film. We spent this last lesson filming the second half of our 1 minute film, which is the climax and the scenes that reveal the most. Once again we took many retakes with different camera angles each time. We varied the shots as much as possible so that the audience can see the situation from many different perspectives, as well as this we also played with the levels. For the scene where we focused on the exchange of the gun we had the camera on the tripod set on the table and angled it so that it faced down onto the table (birds eye-view) personally I think that this was very effective, especially when Smart added in the sound effects.

Screenshots from the birds-eye view:

Furthermore this lesson we also added in flashbacks and scenarios of what happened, this was also another way of conveying to the audience what was going through the suspects mind, without the use of narratives, but having parts of it visually shown to them, this also makes the think more about the situation. We used the black and white effect for the flashbacks, as this makes it clear to the audience that it is from the past. I think that in this lesson we got the most done and learnt the most out of it. 

However although we have the first half filmed and edited, the editing of the second part Smart did in his own time, this is definitaly and aspect that we can improve one: Finishing on the deadline.  

One Minute Film - The Interrogation - Lesson 3

This lesson we focused merely on acting and filming half of the scenes, we filmed up to the part where the gun gets shown to the suspect. In this lesson we played with the camera angles and took many different shots, so that when it comes to editing we can choose the one that looks best. We repeated many scenes and tried doing them in different ways. One of the problems we faced this lesson was the distractions as the classrooms are all mirrored, as well as the sound around us from other people walking past. (As you can see from our reaction here)

I think what went well was that we got more done then we wanted to, close-ups, as well as extra sound effects that help create the suspense. The process of filming this was very exciting, and stressful due to the limited time.

One Minute Film - The Interrogation - Lesson 2

The original plan for lesson two was that we started filming, however this was not yet possible as we still had to make changes to the plot. Also on this day the room that we planned on using to film later was being used, so we spent this time planning out the different camera angles that we shoot from for each of the scenes.

Extreme Close-Up Shot of Gam tapping the pen

Wide-Shot

180 Rule

180 Rule

Close-up (Head and Shoulder)/ Pan Shot

Mid-Shot

180 Rule/Close Up

 Whilst waiting for the room, we also went on a mini adventure to find a clock that was working and filmed it, this was used as our opening scene, and the first sound that is heard is 'ticking', the start of the suspense.
By the end of the second lesson, no doubt we were beginning to feel the pressure of not having the main scenes filmed yet, but in this lesson we had finally summarised our plot and script.

One Minute Film - The Interrogation - Lesson 1

For our first filming project we got out into groups. My group consisted of 3 people: Gam,Smart and I.
The first lesson was a struggle as we couldn't come up with ideas, nor did we have a slight clue as to what we wanted to create. However we sat down and discussed our ideas about what we wanted to do, and came to a conclusion with doing 'The Heist' with the thoughts of having it as a split screen, but this idea had to be replaced due to the limited time we had to create a plot and make long action scenes, this was also because of the limited number of members. This then led to our final decision, which was to do a Interrogation scene. We chose this considering it consumes less time in preparing for the acting and also that it would be the easiest one to fit into 1 minute.

This is the script/plot as well as the sound effects we had planned: