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Overall, I think we did okay for this task. Filming did not go particularly well. The group was often unfocused or off-task. However, editing was fine and we completed the editing within a lesson.
There are a few issues with the video. The dialogue between the two characters is too fast. There was no pause between the speech, which not only made it unnaturally fast, but also made editing the various angles in and have the conversation match up well was very difficult. There should have been longer pauses between all of the dialogue. When Josh stands up and shouts, you can still hear Sara saying the previous line. Another issue with the video is that between the shots of Sara walking in and being sat down, her handbag disappears and she has her arms crossed. This is another issue with everything being filmed too quickly and less focus on attention to detail. Lighting is also an issue. When we turned off the lights behind Josh, we intended to darken his side to connote that he is a more malevolent character, however, doing this only darkened the lighting on Sara.
On the other hand, we did make a successful split-screen. This was to show the status of each character as Sara was making her way to the meeting. We added this because we want to use multiple split screens in our opening sequence and took this as a chance to practice. The action match also went well. There was another angle to it but it didn't work out well in the final edit because it made the action look rather disjointed. Also, during the dialogue, we kept to the 180 degree rule and used shot/reverse shot editing.
Next time, we will continue to consider the 180 degree rule, shot/reverse shot, and other editing techniques such as action matches. However, will make sure to focus on the task at hand, pay more attention to detail in our shots, and allow enough space for smooth editing.
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