Further Evaluation into our 'Attention to Framing'
When filming our Preliminary task at the start of our Foundation Portfolio, we noticed that we didn't pay attention to framing in one shot as our notes are still layed on the desk, and this was not part of our storyline and so we made the mistake of not focusing on the framing of the shot, here is our mistake:
After realising we made this mistake, however, we soon re-filmed that scene, correcting our mistake and making sure the notes weren't on the desk and all aspects of mise en scene in that shot were exactly what we wanted, for example, we took down posters that were already in the room that didn't relate to our storyline. Here is our correction:
Through making this mistake in our Preliminary task, it meant that we knew what we needed to take more care of when filming our thriller opening and so this mistake that we made came as quite helpful as it taught us our weakness when creating our films; 'attention to framing'. After this happened, we took as much care as possible when filming our thriller opening to the composition of each shot; ensuring that the character and the dog were the focus of the shots, making sure in each shot all aspects of mise en scene were considered and also making sure that there were no unnecessary objects/passers by in the shots.
Even though, after making the mistake in our preliminary task, and after carefully thinking about each shot in our thriller opening, we weren't quite perfect with every single shot as there was one shot in the beginning that we thought our equipment bag was far enough out of the shot, but however, was in the shot after all. Here is it, circled in red:
Rather annoyingly, we noticed the bag in the shot too late and we didn't have the chance to re-film this shot, and we couldn't crop it out of the shot in editing because it would have distorted the rest of the shot, and so we had to leave it in our final thriller opening.
I am disappointed that we didn't notice this in time or take more consideration of where we'd put the equipment bag each time we filmed a shot, especially as we made the same mistake in our preliminary task, and therefore I have overall learnt that there are many many things to take into consideration whilst filming, and that attention to framing is my weakness during filming and a lot more thought than previously needs to be put into it than before.
However, I am also pleased with our final thriller opening, despite the mistake we made, because for me it was the first time I had created and edited a media product, and so I think I have learnt a lot during this time.
Well done! This is good work Olivia. You are creating a very good basis for A2 work on this blog. There seem to be some categories not filled in on the grid though?
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