Things That Could Go Wrong On Shoot

Reverse Engineering

PREPARATION:
We got in to groups and decided as a team on a 1 minute extract of a film to study and then film, in the exact same way as it was originally filmed (same shots, same script, same-ish set, etc). We then got together the props for the extract - and our group chose a scene from 'The School of Rock' - so we needed things like a guitar, a drum kit, piano etc. Once we found a suitable room to film in, and collected all the suitable props, we started filming. Before we started though we had to write up a script to, and stage directions so we got the scene exactly right. We also had to write up a story board, and draw diagrams, etc along with the list of shots used. If there had been a soundtrack in the background to, we would have had to have used 'GarageBand' to create it, but because this scene didn't have one that wasn't necessary.

FILMING:
Once we started filming, however, it ran smoothly enough. We got through quite a lot of the scene, and the props proved to be very useful. We may have run into a bit of difficulties at some places, including the lighting being to bright, and we were missing some important scenes. However we went back again to film more, which went well.

PROBLEMS:
For example, one of the problems was that we had the camera set to 'automatic focus', so we couldn't change the depth of field for one particular shot. Once we realised this though, we went back again with the camera on the right setting, and filmed the scene again. It looked much better the second time.

EVALUATION: 
I think altogether the scene went quite well, but we needed to check certain things like the gain, which was to high and over exposed, and the white balance on the camera, as well as the continuity, (ie one shot will have someone wearing something, and then the next cut/shot, they'll be wearing something else). We did it well though and worked good together as a team - the shots were very similar to the official one, and although we went wrong in some places, and it definitely wasn't perfect, i think the result looks very good.


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